Spain, 1951
106m
35mm film, black and white, 1.37:1
mono, Spanish
A Spanish borderline horror film directed by Luis Saslavsky.
Plot Summary
After killing her husband a woman loses her memory and her former lover turns up trying to find the dead man's stash of jewellery.
Credits
* = uncredited
Crew
Direction: Luis Saslavsky
© [not given on screen]
Cesareo Gonzalez presents
Distributed by Suevia Films – Cesareo Gonzalez
Director General of Production: Manuel Jose Goyanes
Production Manager: Rafael Vazquez
Written by: Jean Cocteau
Adaptation and Dialogue: Charles de Peyret-Chappuis
Screen Story: Luis Saslavsky
Spanish Dialogue: Miguel Mihura
1st Assistant Director: Jose Luis Robles
2nd Assistant Director: Luis Herraquerio
Script Supervisor: Carmen Pageo
Directors of Photography: Valentín Javier and A. Ballesteros [real name: Antonio L. Ballesteros]
2nd Camera Operator: Francisco Sempere
Stills Photographer: Julio Ortan
Editor: J.A. Rojo [real name: José Antonio Rojo]
Assistant Editor: Rosa Salgado
Laboratory: Ballesteros
Music: Juan Quintero
Sound Engineer: Antonio Alonso
Dubbing at: Fono España
Sound System: Eurocord
Wardrobe: Sastrería Humberto Cornejo
Wardrobe for Maria Felix: Juan Lacomba
Make-up: Francisco José Puyol
Make-up for Maria Felix: Carmen Martin
Hair for Maria felix: Esperanza Gomez
Art Director: Enrique Alarcón
Artistic Advisor: Cecilio Madanes
Set Decorator: Enrique Alarcón *
Set Decorator Trainee: José Aldudo *
Props: Vazquez y Mengibar, Antonio Luna
Set Construction: Francisco Asensio
Production Secretary: Samuel Menken
Studio: Estudios C.E.A.
Cast
María Félix (Mara)
Rossano Brazzi (Andrés)
Vittorio Gassman (Mauricio)
José María Lado (Sr. Russel)
Antonia Plana (Señora Russel)
Avelino Santana
Julia Caba Alba (Flora)
Manuel Arbó (Orlando)
Antonia Herrero
Félix Fernández (El jardinero)
Concha López Silva
Casimiro Hurtado (El conde Ludovico)
Carmen Moreno
Francisco Pierrá (Pío)
Dayna
Santiago Rivero (Don Enrique)
María Cañete (Ana)
Mariano Alcon
María Francés (MarÍa)
Domingo Rivas
Diana Salcedo
Piéral (Pablo)
lternative Titles
La corona nera – Italy
La Couronne noire – France
References
Periodicals
- Amante Cine no.88 (July 1999) p.57 – illustrated review
- Cinématographie Française no.1494 (29 November 1952) p.18 – review
- Cinémonde 11 March 1952 p.19 – review
- Studies in Hispanic Cinemas vol.1 no.2 (2004) pp.119-126 – article (La corona negra: the international face of Francoist cinema by Gerard Dapena)
Books
- Reference Guide to Fantastic Films by Walt Lee p.75 – credits
