Camelia
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A sort of meta riff on Alexandre Dumas fils' novel The Lady of the Camellias (La Dame aux Camélias or Camille) here in Mexican melodrama form involving the doomed love of a bullfighter and a beautiful but ailing actress/courtesan.
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Cast
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María Félix
Camelia
Known for
Enamorada
Tizoc
Jorge Mistral
Rafael Torres
Also in
Wuthering Heights
The Count of Monte Cristo
Carlos Navarro
Armando
Also in
Illusion Travels by Streetcar
The Revived Monster
Renée Dumas
Nancy
Also in
Never Open That Door
El Violetero
Ramón Gay
Enrique
Known for
The Robot vs. The Aztec Mummy
Miguel Ángel Ferriz Sr.
Dr. del Real
Known for
El Siete Machos
Florencio Castelló
Don Jacinto
Known for
The Little Priest
Fernando Casanova
Amigo de Rafael
Known for
Él
School for Tramps
Carlos Múzquiz
Productor de televisión
Known for
The Black Scorpion
El Siete Machos
Fanny Schiller
Doncella de Camila (uncredited)
Known for
The Black Scorpion
Enrique Díaz 'Indiano'
Conde (uncredited)
Known for
The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz
José Chávez
(uncredited)
Known for
Romancing the Stone
Two Mules for Sister Sara
Roberto Gavaldón Director · Edmundo Báez Screenplay Gregorio Walerstein Story
First release February 16, 1954 · Produced in Mexico, Spain · Production Filmex, Cinematográfica Filmex S.A.
Production
Cesáreo González
Production
Filmex
Production
Cinematográfica Filmex S.A.
Production
Suevia Films
Production
Mexico · Spain
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Languages
Original language
Spanish
Spoken on screen
Spanish
Release dates
Mexico · February 16, 1954
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Spain
May 13, 1957 · Theatrical
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