La monja alférez (1944)

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88 min - Action | Adventure | Drama - 4 May 1945 (USA)

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A 17th century woman, imprisoned for fighting in a bar, recounts her past to a priest. She tells of her father teaching her how to fence... See full summary »

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	María Félix	...	Catalina Erauso 'La Monja Alférez' / Don Alonso
	José Cibrián	...	Juan de Aguirre
	Ángel Garasa	...	Roger
	Consuelo Guerrero de Luna	...	Lucinda
	Delia Magaña	...	Elvira
	José Pidal	...	Don César
	Fanny Schiller	...	Úrsula
	Paco Fuentes	...	Don Miguel
	Maria Eugenia Galindo	...	Cristina
	Esther Luquín	...	Beatriz
	Maruja Grifell	...	Superior Mother
	José Goula	...	Claudio
	Jesús Valero	...	Priest
	Manuel Fábregas	...	Viceroy Marquis de Guadalcázar
	Enrique García Álvarez	...	Don Ignacio de Aguirre

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A 17th century woman, imprisoned for fighting in a bar, recounts her past to a priest. She tells of her father teaching her how to fence, of being sent to a convent by her aunt when her father died, of escaping by dressing as a man, and of her life as a man following the escape. Written by Geoffrey Skinner <gskinner@sulmail.stanford.edu>

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