Águila o sol
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| Águila o sol | |
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 Poster for Águila o sol |
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| Directed by | Arcady Boytler |
| Produced by | Pedro Maus Felipe Mier Cinematográfica Internacional |
| Written by | Arcady Boytler (adaptation) Guz Águila |
| Starring | Cantinflas |
| Music by | Manuel Castro Padilla |
| Cinematography | Víctor Herrera |
| Editing by | José Noriega |
| Release date(s) | 1937 |
| Running time | 75 min. |
| Language | Spanish |
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Águila o sol ("Heads or tails") is a film of the cinema of Mexico.
This was Cantinflas's third film and the second in a row with Manuel Medel. After this film Cantinflas decided to pursue a career on his own with the support of Medel who was already an accomplished actor.
This film, written, adapted and directed by Russian-born Arcady Boytler took the 84th place among the 100 best movies of the cinema of Mexico, a list created by film experts in Mexico.
[edit] Cast
- Mario Moreno "Cantinflas" as Polito Sol
- Manuel Medel as Carmelo Águila
- Margarita Mora as Teresa
- Marina Tamayo as Adriana Águila
- Luis G. Barreiro as Castro
- Manuel Arvide as Hipólito Sol
- Margarita Sodi as young Adriana
- Jesús de la Mora as young Polito
- José Girón Torres as young Carmelo
- Dora Ceprano as Dora
- Ramón Rey as "El Gallego"
- Teresa Rojas
- Emma Vogel
- Blanca Rosa Otero
- José Elías Moreno
- Rafael Baledón
- Virginia Serret
- Julio Ahuet
- Toña la Negra
- Rafael Hernández
- Rafael Díaz
- Antonio Escobar
[edit] Plot
Three children are abandoned in a convent when they are born, these are Polito Sol and the siblings Adriana and Carmelo Águila and they grow up to become the "Águila o Sol" trio. Don Hipólito, Polito's father becomes rich years later and decides to search for his son.
[edit] External links
- (Spanish) Águila o sol at the cinema of Mexico site of the ITESM
- (Spanish) Biography of Manuel Medel
