Camelia

Overview

A sort of meta riff on Alexandre Dumas fils' novel The Lady of the Camellias (La Dame aux Camélias or Camille) here in Mexican melodrama form involving the doomed love of a bullfighter and a beautiful but ailing actress/courtesan.

Release date

Feb 16, 1954

Rating

5.4 / 10

Runtime

1 hours 50 minutes

Genres

Drama
Romance

Cast

María Félix
As Camelia
Jorge Mistral
As Rafael Torres
Carlos Navarro
As Armando
Renée Dumas
As Nancy
Ramón Gay
As Enrique
Miguel Ángel Ferriz Sr.
As Dr. del Real
Florencio Castelló
As Don Jacinto
Fernando Casanova
As Amigo de Rafael
Carlos Múzquiz
As Productor de televisión
Fanny Schiller
As Doncella de Camila (uncredited)
Enrique Díaz 'Indiano'
No picture available
As Conde (uncredited)
José Chávez
As (uncredited)
Lina Regis
No picture available
As Enfermera
Eduardo Alcaraz
As (uncredited)
Manuel Arvide
No picture available
As (uncredited)
Miguel Aceves Mejía
As Cantante (uncredited)
José Baviera
As Señor López Rueda (uncredited)
Lonka Becker
No picture available
As Madame, modista (uncredited)
Jorge Alzaga
No picture available
As Fotógrafo periodista (uncredited)
Daniel Arroyo
No picture available
As Espectador (uncredited)
Ignacio Peón
No picture available
As Espectador (uncredited)
Félix Samper
No picture available
As Espectador (uncredited)
Manuel Trejo Morales
No picture available
As Espectador (uncredited)
Velia Lupercio
No picture available
As Espectadora (uncredited)
Jorge Casanova
No picture available
As Redactor de candilejas (uncredited)
Maruja Grifell
As Actriz (uncredited)
Enrique del Castillo
No picture available
As Periodista (uncredited)
Emilio Garibay
No picture available
As Don Antonio (uncredited)
Armando Arriola
No picture available
As Invitado a cena (uncredited)
Elodia Hernández
No picture available
As Invitada a cena (uncredited)
Cecilia Leger
No picture available
As Invitada a cena (uncredited)
María Herrero
No picture available
As Andrea (uncredited)
Lupe Inclán
No picture available
As Cresencia (uncredited)
Francisco Llopis
No picture available
As Joyero (uncredited)
Carlos Martínez Baena
As Sacerdote (uncredited)
Álvaro Matute
No picture available
As Doctor (uncredited)
Ángel Merino
No picture available
As Mesero (uncredited)
Pepe Ruiz Vélez
No picture available
As Anunciador (uncredited)
Armando Velasco
No picture available
As Empresario (uncredited)
Enrique Zambrano
No picture available
As Enrique's Friend (uncredited)

Crew

Jorge Fernández
No picture available
Role: Art Direction
Roberto Gavaldón
Role: Director
Alexandre Dumas fils
Role: Novel
Roberto Gavaldón
Role: Screenplay
Gregorio Walerstein
Role: Producer
Edmundo Báez
No picture available
Role: Screenplay
Cesáreo González
Role: Producer
Gabriel Figueroa
Role: Director of Photography
Eufemio Rivera
No picture available
Role: Assistant Editor
Antonio Díaz Conde
No picture available
Role: Original Music Composer
Abraham Cruz
No picture available
Role: Sound Editor
José Alfredo Jiménez
Role: Songs
Armando Valdés Peza
No picture available
Role: Costume Design
Pedro Gallo
No picture available
Role: Painter
Rafael Ceballos
No picture available
Role: Editor
Ignacio Romero
No picture available
Role: Camera Operator
Carlos Grandjean
No picture available
Role: Set Decoration
Gregorio Walerstein
Role: Story
José Arenas Aguilar
No picture available
Role: Story

Similar movies

Scarface
Released Apr 9, 1932
Rated 7.4 / 10
Coffee and Cigarettes
Released Mar 12, 2004
Rated 6.9 / 10
Crash
Released Jul 17, 1996
Rated 6.5 / 10
Aparajito
Released Oct 11, 1956
Rated 7.9 / 10
City Lights
Released Feb 6, 1931
Rated 8.3 / 10
Cool Hand Luke
Released Nov 1, 1967
Rated 7.7 / 10
Doctor Zhivago
Released Dec 22, 1965
Rated 7.5 / 10
Do the Right Thing
Released Jun 14, 1989
Rated 7.8 / 10
Don't Look Now
Released Oct 11, 1973
Rated 6.9 / 10
Persuasion
Released Jul 1, 2022
Rated 6 / 10
The Hustler
Released Sep 25, 1961
Rated 7.7 / 10
The Man Who Fell to Earth
Released Mar 18, 1976
Rated 6.5 / 10
Straw Dogs
Released Nov 25, 1971
Rated 7.2 / 10
Heavenly Creatures
Released Sep 12, 1994
Rated 7 / 10
The Prestige
Released Oct 17, 2006
Rated 8.2 / 10
The Talented Mr. Ripley
Released Dec 25, 1999
Rated 7.2 / 10
Sidelined 2: Intercepted
No picture available
Released Nov 27, 2025
Rated 0 / 10
Clouds
Released Jan 24, 1992
Rated 0 / 10
The Gold Rush
Released Jul 13, 1925
Rated 8 / 10
Paths of Glory
Released Oct 25, 1957
Rated 8.3 / 10