Santa (1943)
Santa is a beautiful and very humble young girl living in Chimalistac, a small and quiet spot south of the 1930's Mexico City. After Santa is cheated by arrogant soldier Marcelino, she's rejected by her family and friends and expelled of Chimalistac. Santa finds shelter in a whorehouse and becomes a cinic and bitter woman, mistreated by bullfighter "Jarameno" and silently loved by blind pianist Hipolito.
Directors: Norman Foster, Alfredo Gómez de la Vega.
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Esther Fernández as Santa |
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José Cibrián as Hipólito |
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Ricardo Montalban as Jarameño |
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Víctor Manuel Mendoza as Marcelino |
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Estela Inda as Raquel |
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Emma Roldán as Pepa |
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Manuel Arvide as Rubio |
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Fanny Schiller as Elvira Gómez |
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Elías Haber as Jenarillo |
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Florencio Castelló as Vallejo |
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Carolina Barret as Flora |
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Jesús Valero as Bruno |
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Eugenia Galindo as Nicasia |
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Tito Novaro as Manuel de la Torre |
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María del Carmen Ferriz as Madre de Santa |
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Icaro Cisneros as Fabián |
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María Porras as Eufrosia |
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Alfonso Ruiz Gómez as Hermano de Santa |
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Aurora Zermeño as Prostituta |
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Lupe del Castillo as Dueña del burdel |
| Directing | Norman Foster | Director |
| Directing | Alfredo Gómez de la Vega | Director |
| Writing | Federico Gamboa | Novel |
| Writing | Alfredo B. Crevenna | Writer |
| Writing | Francisco Cabrera | Writer |
| Production | Francisco Cabrera | Producer |
| Sound | Gonzalo Curiel | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Mario Ruíz Armengol | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Agustín Martínez Solares | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Charles L. Kimball | Editor |
| Art | Gunther Gerszo | Production Design |
| Art | Carlos Toussaint | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Elvira Olvera | Costume Design |