Our Lady of Sorrows (film)

1934 Spanish film

Our Lady of Sorrows

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Spanish| La Dolorosa
Directed by| Jean Grémillon
Written by| Juan José Lorente [es]
Jean Grémillon
Starring|

* Rosita Díaz Gimeno
* Agustín Godoy
* Mary Amparo Bosch
* Pilar Garcia

Cinematography| José María Beltrán
Jacques Montheraud
Music by| Daniel Montorio
José Serrano

Production
company

Falcó Films

Distributed by| Cifesa

Release date

* 1934 (1934)

Running time

| 85 minutes
Country| Spain
Language| Spanish

Our Lady of Sorrows (Spanish: La Dolorosa) is a 1934 Spanish musical drama film directed by Jean Grémillon and starring Rosita Díaz Gimeno, Agustín Godoy and Mary Amparo Bosch. It is an adaptation of the 1930 zarzuela La dolorosa. The film was made at the leading Spanish CEA Studios and shot on location in Aragon with 1500 extras. It was a box office hit on its release.[1] The film was part of a popular European trend of operetta films during the 1930s.

## Plot

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When Dolores abandons Rafael for a cadet, a sensitive young painter becomes a monk. But when Dolores realizes what she have done, she abandons her child whom she had with another man. Will Rafael be able to help a woman who made a foolish choice?

## Cast

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* Rosita Díaz Gimeno as Dolores
* Agustín Godoy as Rafael
* Mary Amparo Bosch as Nicasia
* Pilar Garcia as Dolores's mother
* Eva López as Juanica
* María De Araya as Sirvienta
* Maruja Berges as Inés
* Ramón Cebrián as Perico
* José María Linares-Rivas as Natalio
* Anselmo Fernandez as Uncle José
* Alberto López as Uncle Bienvenido
* Luis Llaneza as Don Serafín
* Luis Moreno as prior

## References

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1. ^ Bentley, Bernard (2008). A Companion to Spanish Cinema. Boydell & Brewer. pp. 57–58\. ISBN 978-1855661769.

## External links

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* Our Lady of Sorrows at IMDb

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The films of Jean Grémillon

* Misdeal (1928)
* The Lighthouse Keepers (1929)
* Little Lise (1930)
* Dainah the Mulatto (1932)
* Our Lady of Sorrows (1934)
* Royal Waltz (1936)
* Lady Killer (1937)
* The Strange Monsieur Victor (1938)
* Stormy Waters (1941)
* Summer Light (1943)
* The Woman Who Dared (1944)
* White Paws (1949)
* The Strange Madame X (1951)
* The Love of a Woman (1953)

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