La monja alférez

La monja alférez

88 mins | Adventure, History | July 27, 1944

A 17th century woman, imprisoned for fighting in a bar, recounts her past to a priest. She tells of her father teaching her how to fence, of being sent to a convent by her aunt when her father died, of escaping by dressing as a man, and of her life as a man following the escape.

La monja alférez

88 mins | Adventure, History | July 27, 1944

La monja alférez
A 17th century woman, imprisoned for fighting in a bar, recounts her past to a priest. She tells of her father teaching her how to fence, of being sent to a convent by her aunt when her father died, of escaping by dressing as a man, and of her life as a man following the escape.
Producers Clasa Films Mundiales
Original title La monja alférez
Directors Emilio Gómez Muriel
Writers Marco Aurelio Galindo, Max Aub, Eduardo Ugarte

Cast

María Félix

as Catalina de Erauso

Ángel Garasa

as Roger

José Cibrián

as Juan de Aguirre

Delia Magaña

as Elvira

José Pidal

as Don César, canónigo

Fanny Schiller

as Doña Úrsula

Paco Fuentes

as Don Miguel de Erauso

Eugenia Galindo

as Doña Cristina

Esther Luquín

as Beatriz

Maruja Grifell

as Reverenda madre

José Goula

as Don Claudio

Lauro Benítez

as Don Indalecio

Jesús Valero

as Sacerdote

Manuel Sánchez Navarro

as Don Diego Fernández de Córdova, Virrey del Peru

Enrique García Álvarez

as Don Ignacio de Aguirre