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1950 film

Saturday Night

Directed by	Rafael Gil
Written by	Antonio Abad Ojuel Jacinto Benavente (play) Rafael Gil
Produced by	Cesáreo González
Starring	María Félix Rafael Durán José María Seoane
Cinematography	Michel Kelber
Edited by	José Antonio Rojo
Music by	Manuel Parada
Production company	Suevia Films
Distributed by	Suevia Films
Release date	29 December 1950 (1950-12-29)
Running time	96 minutes
Country	Spain
Language	Spanish

Saturday Night (Spanish: La noche del sábado) is a 1950 Spanish drama film directed by Rafael Gil and starring María Félix, Rafael Durán and José María Seoane. It is a film adaptation of the 1918 play of the same name, Saturday Night: A Novel For The Stage In Five Tableaux by playwright Jacinto Benavente. The film's sets were designed by Enrique Alarcón.

Plot

In Rome, the sculptor Leonardo Alfieri hires a beautiful dancer to make a statue that he hopes will be his masterpiece. The work causes a sensation throughout the country and draws the attention of Prince Florencio, heir to the Preslavian throne. Finally, the girl, dazzled by the possibility of leaving poverty behind, leaves everything, including her own daughter, to go with the prince.

Cast

María Félix as Imperia
Rafael Durán as Príncipe Miguel
José María Seoane as Leonardo
Manolo Fábregas as Príncipe Florencio
María Rosa Salgado as Donina
Virgílio Teixeira as Nunú
Mariano Asquerino as Harrison
Juan Espantaleón as Precepto de Preslavia
Julia Delgado Caro as Majestad
Luis Hurtado as Dueño del garito
María Asquerino as Condesa
Manuel Kayser as Padre de Imperia
Diego Hurtado as Amigo de Nunú
José Prada as Sirviente
Fernando Aguirre as Fotógrafo
Fernando Fernán Gómez as Director de orquesta
Manuel Aguilera as Hombre en bar
Francisco Bernal as Hombre en bar
Antonio Fraguas
Manuel Rosellón
Carmen Sánchez
José Vivó

References

Mira p.147

Bibliography

Mira, Alberto. Historical Dictionary of Spanish Cinema. Scarecrow Press, 2010.

External links

Saturday Night at IMDb

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1940s	The Man Who Wanted to Kill Himself (1942) Journey to Nowhere (1942) Traces of Light (1943) Eloisa Is Under an Almond Tree (1943) Lessons in Good Love (1944) The Nail (1944) Thirsty Land (1945) The Phantom and Dona Juanita (1945) The Prodigal Woman (1946) The Holy Crown (1947) Don Quixote (1947) The Faith (1947) Mare Nostrum (1948) The Sunless Street (1948) Just Any Woman (1949) Adventures of Juan Lucas (1949)
1950s	Saturday Night (1950) Apollo Theatre (1950) The Great Galeoto (1951) Our Lady of Fatima (1951) The Song of Sister Maria (1952) From Madrid to Heaven (1952) I Was a Parish Priest (1953) He Died Fifteen Years Ago (1954) Judas' Kiss (1954) The Other Life of Captain Contreras (1955) The Cock Crow (1955) The Big Lie (1956) Miracle of the White Suit (1956) Let's Make the Impossible! (1958) Luxury Cabin (1959) College Boarding House (1959)
1960s	Litri and His Shadow (1960) Darling (1961) Green Harvest (1961) Rogelia (1962) Queen of the Chantecler (1962) You and Me Are Three (1962) The Blackmailers (1963) Pedrito de Andía's New Life (1965) Currito of the Cross (1965) Samba (1965) Road to Rocío (1966) He's My Man! (1966) Another's Wife (1967) Fruit of Temptation (1968) The Sailor with Golden Fists (1968) A Decent Adultery (1969) Blood in the Bullring (1969)
1970s	The Locket (1970) The Man Who Wanted to Kill Himself (1970) The Green Envelope (1971) The Doubt (1972) Nothing Less Than a Real Man (1972) The Guerrilla (1973) The King is the Best Mayor (1974) The Good Days Lost (1975) Forget the Drums (1975) Death's Newlyweds (1975) The Legion Like Women (1976) Two Men and Two Women Amongst Them (1977) Father Cami's Wedding (1979)
1980s	Spoiled Children (1980) And in the Third Year, He Rose Again (1980) Old Shirt to New Jacket (1982) The Autonomines (1984) The Cheerful Colsada Girls (1984)

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