Agustina of Aragon (1950 film)

1950 film

9 October 1950 (1950-10-09)

Running time

126 minutesCountrySpainLanguageSpanish

Agustina of Aragon (Spanish: Agustina de Aragón) is a 1950 Spanish historical film directed by Juan de Orduña and starring Aurora Bautista.^[1] It is also known by the alternative title of The Siege. It portrays the Spanish patriot Agustina of Aragon, known for her role at the 1808 Siege of Zaragoza against Napoleon's French forces.

The film's sets were designed by Sigfrido Burmann. It was made by CIFESA, Spain's largest studio.

Plot

French troops led by Napoleon besiege the city of Zaragoza. Agustina de Aragón (Aurora Bautista) is a young woman who, upon learning that her boyfriend has sold out to the enemy, breaks up with him and falls in love with a Baturro guerrilla. In one of the French attacks, a grenade exploded near the position where Agustina was, falling the soldiers defending the position and there was a threat that the enemy troops could enter the city. Gustine walked through the dead and wounded to a cannon and opened fire. Surprise gripped both sides. Thus, Agustina managed to maintain the situation until Spanish reinforcements arrived.

Cast

Aurora Bautista as Agustina
Fernando Aguirre
Valeriano Andrés as Capitán con Gobernador
Manuel Arbó as Padre
María Asquerino as Carmen
Francisco Bernal as Paleto
Faustino Bretaño
José Bódalo as Capitán francés
Raúl Cancio as Maño
María Cañete as Tía Pilar
Alfonso de Córdoba
Eugenio Domingo as Niño en iglesia
Adriano Domínguez
Juan Espantaleón as Tío Jorge
Eduardo Fajardo as Luis Montana
Fernando Fernández de Córdoba as Gobernador
Félix Fernández
Rosario García Ortega
José Jaspe
Manuel Luna as Tío Francisco
Arturo Marín
Guillermo Marín as Napoléon Bonaparte
Pilar Muñoz
Fernando Nogueras as Fernando
José Orjas
Miguel Pastor as Mariscal Lacoste
Nicolás D. Perchicot as Viejo con niño
Francisco Pierrá
Antonia Plana as Madre de Juan
Fernando Rey as General Palafox / Lorenzo, el pastor
Fernando Sancho as Escudella
Virgílio Teixeira as Juan, el Bravo
Jesús Tordesillas as Coronel Torres
Aníbal Vela as Emisario del Mariscal Lacoste
Juan Vázquez
Pablo Álvarez Rubio

References

^ Klossner p.14

Bibliography

Klossner, Michael. The Europe of 1500-1815 on Film and Television: A Worldwide Filmography of Over 2550 Works, 1895 Through 2000. McFarland & Company, 2002.