Duel in the Mountains

1950 film

18 February 1950 (1950-02-18)

Running time

84 minutesCountryMexicoLanguageSpanish

Duel in the Mountains (Spanish: Duelo en las montañas) is a 1950 Mexican war drama film directed by Emilio Fernández and starring Rita Macedo, Fernando Fernández and Eduardo Arozamena.^[1]^[2] It is inspired by the novel A Nest of the Gentry by Ivan Turgenev. It was shot at the Clasa Studios in Mexico City. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Manuel Fontanals.^[3]

Cast

Rita Macedo as Esperanza
Fernando Fernández as Julio Ramírez
Eduardo Arozamena as Don Rodrigo Vargas
Jorge Treviño as Don Jorge
Fanny Schiller as Madre de Esperanza
Guillermo Cramer as Coronel Rosalio Durán
Salvador Quiroz as Teniente coronel
Lupe Carriles as Esposa de Tito, pasajera tren
Agustín Fernández as Teniente
Jaime Fernández as Pueblerino
Rogelio Fernández as Militar
Ángel Infante as Conductor tren
Margarito Luna as Autoridad
Lupita Palomera as Cantante
Ismael Pérez as Panchito
Jorge Pérez as Estudiante
Hernán Vera as Tito, pasajero tren
Acela Vidaurri as Amiga de Esperanza

References

^ Holmstrom p.225
^ Riera p.160
^ Gilabert p.337

Bibliography

Gilabert, Rosa Peralt. Manuel Fontanals, escenógrafo: teatro, cine y exilio. Editorial Fundamentos, 2007.
Holmstrom, John. The Moving Picture Boy: An International Encyclopaedia from 1895 to 1995. Norwich, Michael Russell, 1996, p. 340.
Riera, Emilio García. Emilio Fernández, 1904–1986. Universidad de Guadalajara, 1987.