Traces of Light
1943 Spanish film
- 22 March 1943 (1943-03-22)
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Traces of Light (Spanish: Huella de luz) is a 1943 Spanish comedy film directed by Rafael Gil on his directing debut. It is based on a novel by Wenceslao Fernández Flórez.[1]
Plot
Octavio Saldaña is a poor young dreamer who lives with his elderly mother and is an office worker at Manufacturas Sánchez-Bey. Mr. Bey rewards Octavio for his work by inviting him to spend a few days at a spa. There Octavio meets Lelly, daughter of a cloth manufacture, and to impress her he decides to pass himself off as a millionaire.
Cast
- Isabel de Pomés as Lelly Medina
- Antonio Casal as Octavio Saldaña
- Juan Espantaleón as Sánchez Bey
- Camino Garrigó as Madre de Octavio
- Juan Calvo as Mike
- Fernando Freyre de Andrade as Moke
- Mary Delgado as Rosario
- Nicolás D. Perchicot as Mayordomo
- Ramón Martori as Medina
- Julio Infiesta as Jacobito
- José Prada as Cañete
- Alejandro Nolla as Gerente del hotel
- Ana María Campoy as Isabel
- Francisco Hernández as Don Eduardo
- Joaquín Torréns as Conserje
- Fernando Porredón as Emilio
References
- ^ Bentley p.94
Bibliography
- Bentley, Bernard P. E. (2008). A Companion to Spanish Cinema. Boydell & Brewer Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85566-176-9.
External links
- Traces of Light at IMDb
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Films directed by Rafael Gil
- The Man Who Wanted to Kill Himself (1942)
- Journey to Nowhere (1942)
- Traces of Light (1943)
- Eloisa Is Under an Almond Tree (1943)
- Lessons in Good Love (1944)
- The Nail (1944)
- Thirsty Land (1945)
- The Phantom and Dona Juanita (1945)
- The Prodigal Woman (1946)
- The Holy Crown (1947)
- Don Quixote (1947)
- The Faith (1947)
- Mare Nostrum (1948)
- The Sunless Street (1948)
- Just Any Woman (1949)
- Adventures of Juan Lucas (1949)
- Saturday Night (1950)
- Apollo Theatre (1950)
- The Great Galeoto (1951)
- Our Lady of Fatima (1951)
- The Song of Sister Maria (1952)
- From Madrid to Heaven (1952)
- I Was a Parish Priest (1953)
- He Died Fifteen Years Ago (1954)
- Judas' Kiss (1954)
- The Other Life of Captain Contreras (1955)
- The Cock Crow (1955)
- The Big Lie (1956)
- Miracle of the White Suit (1956)
- Let's Make the Impossible! (1958)
- Luxury Cabin (1959)
- College Boarding House (1959)
- Litri and His Shadow (1960)
- Darling (1961)
- Green Harvest (1961)
- Rogelia (1962)
- Queen of the Chantecler (1962)
- You and Me Are Three (1962)
- The Blackmailers (1963)
- Pedrito de Andía's New Life (1965)
- Currito of the Cross (1965)
- Samba (1965)
- Road to Rocío (1966)
- He's My Man! (1966)
- Another's Wife (1967)
- Fruit of Temptation (1968)
- The Sailor with Golden Fists (1968)
- A Decent Adultery (1969)
- Blood in the Bullring (1969)
- The Locket (1970)
- The Man Who Wanted to Kill Himself (1970)
- The Green Envelope (1971)
- The Doubt (1972)
- Nothing Less Than a Real Man (1972)
- The Guerrilla (1973)
- The King is the Best Mayor (1974)
- The Good Days Lost (1975)
- Forget the Drums (1975)
- Death's Newlyweds (1975)
- The Legion Like Women (1976)
- Two Men and Two Women Amongst Them (1977)
- Father Cami's Wedding (1979)
- Spoiled Children (1980)
- And in the Third Year, He Rose Again (1980)
- Old Shirt to New Jacket (1982)
- The Autonomines (1984)
- The Cheerful Colsada Girls (1984)
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