La monja alférez
movie

Released July 27, 1944
Overview
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.
Cast

María Félix
as
Catalina de Erauso

Ángel Garasa
as
Roger

José Cibrián
as
Juan de Aguirre

Delia Magaña
as
Elvira

José Pidal
as
Don César, canónigo

Fanny Schiller
as
Doña Úrsula
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Paco Fuentes
as
Don Miguel de Erauso
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Eugenia Galindo
as
Doña Cristina
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Esther Luquín
as
Beatriz

Maruja Grifell
as
Reverenda madre
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José Goula
as
Don Claudio
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Lauro Benítez
as
Don Indalecio
Crew
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Max Aub
as
Writer
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Eduardo Ugarte
as
Writer

Emilio Gómez Muriel
as
Director
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Jorge Fernández
as
Production Design
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Noemí Blanco
as
Makeup Artist

Raúl Martínez Solares
as
Director of Photography
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Marco Aurelio Galindo
as
Writer
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Luis Hernández Bretón
as
Music
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Armando Valdés Peza
as
Costume Design