¿Dónde vas, Alfonso XII?

Movie
Original title	¿Dónde vas, Alfonso XII?
Country of production	Spain
original language	Spanish
Publishing year	1958
length	110 minutes
Rod
Director	Luis César Amadori
script	Luis César Amadori ; (as Gabriel Peña ), ; Juan Ignacio Luca de Tena , ; Luis Marquina , ; Manuel Tamayo
production	José Carreras Planas
music	Guillermo Cases
camera	José F. Aguayo
cut	Antonio Ramírez
occupation
	Vicente Parra : Alfonso XII; Mercedes Vecino : Isabel II; Paquita Rico : Maria des las Mercedes; Tomas Blanco : Count of Sesto; José Marco Davó : Antonio Novas de Castillo; Lucía Prado : Infanta Isabel; Félix Dafauce : Count of Montpensier; Ana María Custodio : Countess of Montpensier; Jesús Tordesillas : Ceferino; Mariano Azaña : Governor;

¿Dónde vas, Alfonso XII? is a Spanish feature film from 1958 by the Argentine director Luis César Amadori . The film is based on the play of the same name by Juan Ignacio Luca de Tena , the title of which is based on the famous Spanish folk song of the same name about King Alfonso XII. alludes.

In 1960 a sequel was made under the title Alfonso XII y María Cristina: ¿Dónde vas triste de ti? turned.

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It tells the love story of the Spanish princess Maria de las Mercedes de Orléans and the Spanish heir to the throne Alfonso XII . After the First Spanish Republic , Alfonso XII returns to Spain as king in place of his mother Isabel II. He fights against his mother and minister for the love of his life - to marry his cousin Maria de las Mercedes. However, 6 months after the wedding, she dies of tuberculosis.

Awards and reception

The film was one of the most successful national film productions in Spain in the 1950s and received the 1958 Spanish film award Sindicato Nacional del Espectáculo .

Web links

¿Dónde vas, Alfonso XII? in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

^ Bernard PE Bentley: A Companion to Spanish Cinema . Boydell & Brewer Ltd. 2008, ISBN 978-1-85566-176-9 , p. 153 ( excerpt in Google book search)
↑ http://www.cervantesvirtual.com/servlet/SirveObras/02589629022436195209079/p0000003.htm
↑ ¿Dónde vas, Alfonso XII? in the Internet Movie Database (English)

[1] Bernard PE Bentley: A Companion to Spanish Cinema . Boydell & Brewer Ltd. 2008, ISBN 978-1-85566-176-9 , p. 153 ( excerpt in Google book search)

[2] ttp://www.cervantesvirtual.com/servlet/SirveObras/02589629022436195209079/p0000003.htm

[3] ¿Dónde vas, Alfonso XII? in the Internet Movie Database (English)