The Phantom Lady
The young widow of the viceroy of Peru, facing the dismal prospect of either a convent or a marriage of convenience, sets out to conquer a handsome officer, pretending she’s a duende, a ghost. Voted the best Argentine film of 1945, La dama duende is a beautifully crafted comedy of errors, based on the 17th-century play by Pedro Calderón de la Barca. The most ambitious production of Estudios San Miguel, it was brought to the screen mostly by Spaniards exiled in Argentina as a result of the Civil War.
Genre: Romance, Drama, Comedy, History
Cast: Delia Garcés, Enrique Diosdado, Antonia Herrero, Manuel Collado, Helena Cortesina, Paquita Garzón, Andrés Mejuto, Amalia Sánchez Ariño, Francisco López Silva, Alberto Contreras, Alejandro Maximino, José Castro, Pedro Codina
Crew: José MarÃa Beltrán (Director of Photography), Pedro Calderón de la Barca (Theatre Play), Julián Bautista (Original Music Composer), Luis Saslavsky (Director), Gori Muñoz (Editor)
