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The Phantom Lady (Spanish:La Dama duende) is a 1945 Argentine film based on a seventeenth-century comedy with the same name by Pedro Calderón de la Barca, translated as The Phantom Lady. However, the film alters the play considerably - the plot is heavily rewritten, and the style of dialogue is completely changed. Calderon's comedy is written in verse, while the screenplay of the film is in prose and contains scenes not found in the play. The final scene includes a fierce storm from which the hero rescues the heroine and declares his love for her, a scene added to the film.
Original Release
06/17/1945
Cast
Name | Character |
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Manuel Collado | |
Helena Cortesina | |
Alberto de Mendoza | |
Enrique Diosdado | Don Manuel |
Manuel Díaz González | |
Delia Garcés | Doña Angélica |
Paquita Garzón | Jeronima de Olmedo |
Antonia Herrero | Doña Guiomar |
María José | |
Francisco López Silva | Don Luis |
Directors
Writers
Rafael Alberti, Pedro Calderón de la Barca, María Teresa León
Cast
Name | Character |
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Manuel Collado | |
Helena Cortesina | |
Alberto de Mendoza | |
Enrique Diosdado | Don Manuel |
Manuel Díaz González | |
Delia Garcés | Doña Angélica |
Paquita Garzón | Jeronima de Olmedo |
Antonia Herrero | Doña Guiomar |
María José | |
Francisco López Silva | Don Luis |
Alejandro Maximino | |
Andrés Mejuto | Don Hernando Peralta |
Amalia Sánchez Ariño | Juana |
Ernesto Vilches | |
Alberto Contreras |