La Belle de Cadix (1953)
Directed by Raymond Bernard, Eusebio Fernández Ardavín

Comedy / Musical

Film Synopsis

Accompanied by a film crew, the star Carlos Médina arrives in a small village in southern Spain to make a film.  The director hires several gypsies from the area to appear in the film as extras and engages an Andalusian beauty, Maria-Luisa, to play the female lead.   In one scene in the film, Carlos and Maria-Luisa's characters are married.  Unfortunately, the fake wedding is officiated by the gypsies' king and is therefore both real and irrevocable.  Carlos is now officially married to Maria-Luisa, even though both he and she are already engaged...
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Film Credits

  • Director: Raymond Bernard, Eusebio Fernández Ardavín
  • Script: Jesús María de Arozamena, Raymond Bernard, Marc Cab, Jean-Pierre Feydeau, Pierre Laroche, Francis Lopez, Maurice Vandair, Raymond Vincy
  • Cinematographer: Philippe Agostini
  • Cast: Luis Mariano (Carlos), Carmen Sevilla (Maria-Luisa), Jean Tissier (Auguste Legrand), Claude Nicot (Robert), Claire Maurier (Alexandrine Dupont), Thérèse Dorny (Blanche), J.A. Pierjac (Manillon), Léonce Corne (Le photographe), José Torres (Raphael), André Wasley, Pierre Flourens, Yvonne Claudie, Conchita Bautista, Fernando Sancho, Rafael Arcos, Rosario Royo, Christine Bailli, Chantal Retz, Joëlle Robin, Michèle Nancey
  • Country: France / Spain
  • Language: French
  • Support: Color
  • Runtime: 105 min

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