La otra (1946)

Director:

Roberto Gavaldón

Writers:

Roberto Gavaldón, Rian James (story),

Stars:

Dolores del Rio, Agustín Irusta, Víctor Junco

1 win & 6 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview:
Dolores del Rio	...	Magdalena Méndez / María Méndez
Agustín Irusta	...	Roberto Gonzalez
Víctor Junco	...	Fernando
José Baviera	...	Licensiado de la Fuente
Manuel Dondé	...	Agente Vilar
Conchita Carracedo	...	Carmela
Carlos Villarías	...	Lic. Felix Mendoza
Rafael Icardo	...	Juez
Daniel Pastor
Lidia Franco
Maruja Grifell
Elodia Hernández
Enedina Díaz de León
Bertha Lehar

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

melodrama | police | beauty salon | gigolo | wealthy | 

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

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Details

Country:

Mexico

Language:

Spanish

Release Date:

20 November 1946 (Mexico)

Also Known As:

Palast der Sünde

Filming Locations:

Mexico

Company Credits

Production Co:

Producciones Mercurio

Technical Specs

Runtime:

98 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The script for La Otra was owned by Warner Bros. and is the same script as the 1964 version, Dead Image, starring Bette Davis. Warners chose to pass on making it as a film in the 1940's because it bore too close of a resemblance to the film Davis had just made, A Stolen Life.

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Connections

Remade as Dead Image (1964)

User Reviews

Óne of the best Mexican movies ever

Although I liked very much the detailed review of "Melvelvit" I would like to add that this interesting film, one of the best in the Mexican movies history, is due to the collaboration of American writer Rian James and one of the most important Mexican writers of the era, José Revueltas, and the Mexican film director Roberto Gavaldón. Actually, "La Otra" is one of the best Del Río and Gavaldón films, as well the set designer Gunther Gerszo (sometimes written Gerzso or Gerzo)and photographer Alex Phillips, all important figures in the artistic Mexican world. The "gothic nightmare... somber night-world ambiance" is due to Mexican Gerszo, who studied and worked at the Cleveland Play House in the USA, and combined his movie jobs with painting, becoming one of the most important Mexican abstract painters. In movies, he worked with John Ford ("Sombrerito", in Hollywood), John Houston ("Under the Volcano"), Luis Buñuel ("Susana", "Una mujer sin amor" and "El Bruto" with Kathy Jurado) as well with the most important Mexican directors. He did the sets for Mexican cult films "El Vampiro" (The Vampire) and its sequel, El Ataud del Vampiro" (The Vampire Coffin) about which he claimed, never even watched once they were finished (and they're great as camp Mexican movies examples!)