Cruz Diablo
| Movie | |
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| Original title | Cruz Diablo |
| Country of production | Mexico |
| original language | Spanish |
| Publishing year | 1934 |
| length | 83 minutes |
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| Director | Fernando de Fuentes |
| script | Fernando de Fuentes, Vicente Oroná |
| production | Paul H. Bush |
| music | Max Urban |
| camera | Alex Phillips |
| cut | Fernando de Fuentes, Harry Foster , Fernando C. Tamayo |
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Cruz Diablo , also known as The Devil's Cross in English-speaking countries , is a 1934 Mexican adventure film directed by Fernando de Fuentes .
action
In New Spain in the 16th century, a masked swordsman, known only as Cruz Diablo (Eng: "Devil's Cross"), is up to mischief and terrorizes the rich and powerful like Robin Hood once did . He signs each of his raids with an incised cross on the forehead of his victims.
When the seedy Diego de la Barrera succeeds in impersonating Count de Luna and orders that his supposed daughter Marcela marry the elderly Marqués de la Florida, Cruz Diablo intervenes. Because behind the mask of the outlaw is Nostromus, the real Count de Luna and the real father of Marcela.
background
Most of the film was shot in Tijuana , Mexico , near the US border. Allegedly, 16-year-old Rita Hayworth was an extra in the film when she appeared with her father Eduardo Cansino in Tijuana nightclubs as "The Dancing Cansinos". Her involvement in the film has not been confirmed and can no longer be proven, as the film is now considered lost. At the time, he was granted limited release in the United States by Columbia Pictures .
Reviews
The New York Times described Cruz Diablo at the time as "one of the best films to have ever crossed the Rio Grande ". "A delightful piece" of New Spain's history is told. The film is consistently "full of action and puzzles" and "equipped with lavish and picturesque backdrops". The actors could also all convince. The "atmosphere of bygone times" is also evoked through the use of the Spanish spoken in the time of Cervantes .
Web links
- Cruz Diablo in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Cruz Diablo at Turner Classic Movies (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ cf. tcm.com
- ^ Gene Ringgold: The Films of Rita Hayworth . Citadel Press, Secaucus 1974, p. 57.
- ↑ “A delightful bit of the New Spain 300 years ago […]. Full of action and mystery from start to finish […] and furnished with a lavish and picturesque setting Cruz Diablo is one of the best films that ever crossed the Rio Grande. [...] The oldtime atmosphere is enhanced by the use of the Spanish language as spoken in the days of Cervantes. " See At the Teatro Campoamor . In: The New York Times , April 6, 1935.