Cinco fueron escogidos

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Cinco fueron escogidos
Directed byHerbert Kline
Written byRafael M. Muñoz
Xavier Villaurrutia
Story byBudd Schulberg
StarringAntonio Bravo
Fernando Cortés
María Douglas
Edmundo Espino
Conchita Gentil Arcos
María Gentil Arcos
María Elena Marqués
Ricardo Montalbán
Joaquín Pardavé
Andrés Soler
Julio Villarreal
CinematographyJack Draper
Music byRaúl Lavista
Release date
8 July 1943
Running time
126 minutes
CountryMexico
LanguageSpanish

Cinco fueron escogidos (English: Five Were Chosen) is a 1943 Mexican war film directed by Herbert Kline.[1][2][3] It was based on a story by Budd Schulberg,[1][4] and written by Rafael M. Muñoz and Xavier Villaurrutia.

Plot

The film is set in Yugoslavia occupied by the Wehrmacht. In a small town, a Nazi official is killed, whereupon the occupiers carry out retaliatory measures. Five of the residents of the village are sentenced to death. They represent the different groups of the city: One of them is an aristocrat, one is the mayor, one is one of the city's policemen, one a barber and one an employee. In addition to these five, a homeless man is also to be executed. Their families and neighbors try to obtain the annulment of death sentences.

Cast

Production

There are reports that Cinco fueron escogidos was simultaneously shot alongside an English-language version. In this version appeared, among others, Art Smith, Victor Kilian, Howard Da Silva, Ricardo Montalbán (who also appeared in the original Spanish-language version) and Leonid Kinskey.[4][5] However, there is no information as to whether this version has ever been released.[5] Cinco fueron escogidos was produced by Alpha Films. It had its premiere in Mexico on 8 July 1943.

References

  1. ^ a b García Riera, p. 33.
  2. ^ Hernández-Girbal, p. 189.
  3. ^ Richard, p. 543.
  4. ^ a b Beck, p. 152.
  5. ^ a b Wilt, p. 57.

Bibliography

  • García Riera, Emilio (1987). México visto por el cine extranjero. Volume 3. Ediciones Era.
  • Hernández-Girbal, F. (1992). Los que pasaron por Hollywood. BPR Publishers.
  • Richard, Alfred Charles (1993). Censorship and Hollywood's Hispanic image: an interpretive filmography, 1936–1955. Greenwood Press.
  • Beck, Nicholas (2001). Budd Schulberg: A Bio-bibliography. Scarecrow Press.
  • Wilt, David E. (2004). The Mexican Filmography. 1916 through 2001. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co. Inc.

External links

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