Blood Wedding (Spanish: Bodas de sangre) is a 1938 Argentine film written and directed by Edmundo Guibourg, the first film adaptation of Federico García Lorca's 1931 tragic play of the same name.[1] It stars Spanish actress Margarita Xirgu—the main actress with whom Lorca had worked—alongside a cast that included mainly members of her theater company: Pedro López Lagar, Amelia de la Torre, Helena Cortesina, Eloísa Vigo, Amalia Sánchez Ariño, Enrique Diosdado, Alberto Contreras and Luisa Sala.[2] The making of the film was intended as a tribute to Lorca, who had been assassinated in 1936.[2]
| Blood Wedding | |
|---|---|
| Spanish | Bodas de sangre |
| Directed by | Edmundo Guibourg |
| Written by | Edmundo Guibourg |
| Based on | Blood Wedding 1931 play by Federico García Lorca |
Running time | 98 minutes |
| Country | Argentina |
| Language | Spanish |
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Inmune al paso del tiempo. Bodas de Sangre y sus adaptaciones cinematográficas". Biblioteca Nacional de España. 5 June 2018. Retrieved 17 November 2022.
- ^ a b Parés, Luis E. (22 July 2014). "Películas de exiliados (2). Bodas de sangre (Edmundo Guibourg, 1938)". Rinconete (in Spanish). Centro Virtual Cervantes. Retrieved 17 November 2022.
External links edit
- Blood Wedding at Cinenacional.com (in Spanish)
- Blood Wedding at IMDb
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