Acting
Ernesto Alonso's dramatic saintly transformation face—chef's kiss.
Production
1949 Mexico recreating 1590s Japan? Ambitious and weirdly works.
Director
Julio Bracho
Ernesto Alonso
Felipe de las Casas
Rita Macedo
Rosalia / Maria
Julio Villarreal
Fray Pedro Bautista
Rodolfo Acosta
Principe Chokozabe
José Baviera
Don Alonso
Maruja Grifell
Madre de Felipe
Dolores Camarillo
Marijuana
Francisco Jambrina
Capitan Matias de Landecho
Luis Aceves Castañeda
Emperador Iroyoshi Taikosama
Ernesto Finance
Don Garcia
Diana Bracho
Rosalia (Niña)
Antonio Bravo
Cristobal de Villahermosa
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Julio Bracho was blacklisted during Mexico's 'Dirty War' for communist sympathies, making this religious epic oddly political.
San Felipe de Jesús was canonized in 1862, but this 1949 film helped cement his status as Mexican national icon during post-revolutionary identity formation.
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