Goyescas (film)

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Goyescas
Enric Granados
  • José Muñoz Molleda
  • Release date
    9 October 1942
    Running time
    102 minutes
    CountrySpain
    LanguageSpanish

    Goyescas is a 1942 Spanish

    operetta films in Europe during the era. Perojo had been planning the production for around a decade before it was ultimately made.[1]

    The film received the Biennale Award at the 1942

    Venice Film Festival
    .

    Synopsis

    Set in Madrid, between the end of the 18th century and the beginning of the 19th. The Countess of Gualda and the famous songwriter Petrilla are very physically similar, so much so that many people confuse them. But one day they discover that they love the same man, the Marquis of Nuévalos, a terrible rivalry will arise between them that they will resolve based on songs and episodes that recreate Goya's paintings.

    Cast

    References

    1. ^ Bentley p.106

    Bibliography

    • Bentley, Bernard. A Companion to Spanish Cinema. Boydell & Brewer 2008.

    External links