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Condemned (1953 film)
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Wikipedia article
'Condemned' is a Spanish 1953 rural melodrama film directed by Manuel Mur Oti and written by Jos Surez Carreo and Mur Oti from a Suarez Carreo's play of the same title.Bentley p.127 The picture stars Carlos Lemos, Aurora Bautista and Jos Surez.
Plot
An aging and wealthy farmer (Lemos) sees how his young wife (Bautista) falls increasingly attracted to a newly hired and handsome laborer (Suarez). The conflict ends up unavoidably in a murder of passion.
Cast
* Aurora Bautista as Aurelia
* Carlos Lemos as Jos
* Jos Surez as Juan
* Flix Fernndez as Tabernero
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Carlos Lemos was a very prominent stage actor, and this was one of his few film appearances. Aurora Bautista was by then the Spanish 'Queen of melodrama', while Jos Surez was one of the main heartthrobs of the Spanish screens.
References
Bibliography
* Bentley, Bernard. 'A Companion to Spanish Cinema'. Boydell & Brewer 2008.
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