Madness for Love
| Madness for Love | |
|---|---|
 Screenshot from film | |
| Directed by | Juan de Orduña |
| Produced by |
Carlos Blanco Alfredo Echegaray José María Pemán |
| Starring |
Aurora Bautista Fernando Rey Sara Montiel Jorge Mistral Jesús Tordesillas Manuel Luna |
| Music by | Juan Quintero |
| Cinematography | José F. Aguayo |
| Edited by | Juan Serra |
Release dates |
1948 Spain October 26, 1950 USA |
Running time | 112 minutes |
| Country |
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| Language | Spanish |
Madness for Love (Spanish:Locura de amor) is a 1948 Spanish historical drama film directed by Juan de Orduña.[1]
The movie is based on the play La Locura de Amor written in 1855 by Manuel Tamayo y Baus around the figure of Queen Joanna of Castile; who attracted authors, composers, and artists of the romanticist movement, due to her characteristics of unrequited love, obsessive jealousy, and undying fidelity.
In 2001, Vicente Aranda made a remake titled Juana la Loca.
Plot summary
The story of Queen Joanna of Castile, known as "Juana la loca," and her husband Philip I of Castile, also known as "Philip the handsome."
References
- ↑ Mira p.211
Bibliography
- Mira, Alberto. Historical Dictionary of Spanish Cinema. Scarecrow Press, 2010.
External links
- Locura de amor at the Internet Movie Database
- "Political Madness: Juan de Orduña´s Locura de amor as a National Allegory." Essay by Santiago Juan-Navarro
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