The Holy Crown

Reina santa
Directed by	Henrique Campos Aníbal Contreiras Rafael Gil
Produced by	Aníbal Contreiras Cesáreo González
Written by	Tavares Alves Luna de Oliveira Antonio Tudela Rafael Gil Aníbal Contreiras
Starring	Maruchi Fresno Antonio Vilar Luis Peña Fernando Rey
Music by	Ruy Coelho
Cinematography	Manuel Berenguer Alfredo Fraile
Edited by	Suevia Films
Production company	Suevia Films
Distributed by	Mercurio Films
Release dates	15 September 1947 (1947-09-15)
Running time	110 minutes
Country	Portugal Spain
Language	Portuguese Spanish

The Holy Crown (Spanish: Reina santa) is a 1947 Spanish-Portuguese historical drama film starring Maruchi Fresno, Antonio Vilar and Luis Peña. Separate Spanish and Portuguese versions were filmed with the Spanish directed by Rafael Gil and the Portuguese by Henrique Campos and Aníbal Contreiras. It was part of a popular group of Spanish costume films made in the late 1940s.

The film portrays the life of Isabel of Aragon, a Spanish-born Queen of Portugal who played a role of peacemaker between different factions at the Portuguese court as well as between Portugal and Castile.

Cast

• Maruchi Fresno as Isabel of Aragon
• Antonio Vilar as Dinis, King of Portugal
• Luis Peña as Nuño de Lara
• Fernando Rey as baby Alfonso
• José Nieto as Vasco Peres, the alderman
• María Martín as Blanca
• Juan Espantaleón as Pedro, the priest
• Fernando Fernández de Córdoba as Peter III of Aragon
• María Asquerino as Leonor
• Barreto Poeira as Álvaro, the squire
• Milagros Leal as Doña Betaza
• Virgilio Teixeira as Alfonso Sánchez
• Julieta Castelo as Doña María Ximénez
• Gabriel Algara as Juan Velho
• Carmen Sánchez as Doña Constanza
• Emilio G. Ruiz as baby Pedro
• Manuel Guitián as Ramiro
• Joaquina Almarche as María de Molina
• Rafael Luis Calvo as Fernán Ayres
• José Prada as Martín Gil
• Manrique Gil as Don Juan Manuel
• Félix Fernandez as Barredo
• Joaquín Pujol
• José Franco as Froilas
• Luisa España as Isabel as a child
• Santiago Rivero
• Julio F. Alymán
• Francisco Hernández as Villafranca
• Elvira Real
• Mercedes Castellanos as María
• Alfonso de Córdoba as Juan
• Fernando Fresno as physician
• Emilio García Ruiz as baby Pedro
• José Jaspe as Estevao

External links

• The Holy Crown at IMDb