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 |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | CIFESA |
Release date |
8 October 1948 (Spain) 26 October 1950 (US) |
Running time | 112 minutes |
| Country | Spain |
| 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.
The film is also known as The Mad Queen. It was made by CIFESA, Spain's largest film company at the time, which turned out a number of historical films during the late 1940s. It was given an American release in 1950.
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 on IMDb
- "Political Madness: Juan de Orduña´s Locura de amor as a National Allegory." Essay by Santiago Juan-Navarro