Where Are You Going, Alfonso XII?

Where Are You Going, Alfonso XII?
Where Are You Going, Alfonso XII?
	Spanish theatrical release poster
Spanish	¿Dónde vas, Alfonso XII?
Directed by	Luis César Amadori
Screenplay by	Luis Marquina; Manuel Tamayo; Luis César Amadori;
Based on	¿Dónde vas, Alfonso XII?; by Juan Ignacio Luca de Tena
Produced by	José Carreras Planas
Starring	Paquita Rico; Vicente Parra; Tomás Blanco; José Marco Davó; Lucía Prado; Mercedes Vecino;
Cinematography	José F. Aguayo
Edited by	Antonio Ramírez de Loaysa
Music by	Guillermo Cases
Color process	Eastmancolor
Production; companies	PECSA Films; Carreras Planas;
Distributed by	Toleratus Films
Release date	29 January 1959;
Running time	110 minutes
Country	Spain
Language	Spanish

Where Are You Going, Alfonso XII? (Spanish: ¿Dónde vas, Alfonso XII?) is a 1959 Spanish historical drama film directed by Luis César Amadori and starring Paquita Rico and Vicente Parra.^[1] It portrays the life of Alfonso XII of Spain and Maria de las Mercedes. It was followed by a sequel Alfonso XII and María Cristina the following year.

Cast[edit]

Paquita Rico as Maria de las Mercedes
Vicente Parra as Alfonso XII
Tomás Blanco as Duque de Sesto
José Marco Davó as Antonio Cánovas del Castillo
Lucía Prado as Infanta Isabel
Mercedes Vecino as Isabel II
Félix Dafauce as Duque de Montpensier
Ana María Custodio as Duquesa de Montpensier
Jesús Tordesillas as Ceferino
Mariano Azaña as Gobernador
Aurora García Alonso as Clotilde
Antonio Riquelme as Madrileño
Rafael Bardem as Doctor Federico Rubio y Galí
Isabel Pallarés
María Luisa Ponte
Luisa María Payán as María Cristina de Orleans
Alfonso Rojas
José Santamaría
Aníbal Vela
Nora Samsó
Carmen Rodríguez
Manuel Arbó
Erasmo Pascual
Xan das Bolas as Madrileño
Ángel Álvarez as Tabernero

Reception[edit]

The film was the leader at the Spanish box office in 1959.^[2]

References[edit]

^ Mira p.236
^ "Spain's B.O. Leaders - 1959". Variety. 20 April 1960. p. 94 – via Archive.org.

Bibliography[edit]

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

External links[edit]

Where Are You Going, Alfonso XII? at IMDb

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[1] Mira p.236

[2] "Spain's B.O. Leaders - 1959". Variety. 20 April 1960. p. 94 – via Archive.org.

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v t e Films directed by Luis César Amadori
1930s	Puerto nuevo (1936) El pobre Pérez (1937) The Newsie and the Lady (1938) Maestro Levita (1938) Honeysuckle (1938) Palabra de honor (1939) Caminito de Gloria (1939)
1940s	El Haragán de la familia (1940) Educating Niní (1940) Napoleón (1941) The Song of the Suburbs (1941) Girls Orchestra (1941) Soñar no cuesta nada (1941) The Third Kiss (1942) El profesor Cero (1942) Bajó un ángel del cielo (1942) La mentirosa (1942) Claro de luna (1942) Son cartas de amor (1943) Luisito (1943) Carmen (1943) Apasionadamente (1944) Two Angels and a Sinner (1945) Madame Sans-Gêne (1945) Saint Candida (1945) Mosquita muerta (1946) Albéniz (1947) The Headless Woman (1947) God Reward You (1948) Una noche en el Ta-Ba-Rín (1949) Don Juan Tenorio (1949) Juan Globo (1949) Almafuerte (1949)
1950s	Historia de una pasión (1950) Nacha Regules (1950) Pecado (1951) María Montecristo (1951) Me casé con una estrella (1951) Eva Perón inmortal (1952) La de los ojos color del tiempo (1952) La pasión desnuda (1953) El Grito sagrado (1954) Caídos en el infierno (1954) El barro humano (1955) Love Never Dies (1955) Amor prohibido (1958) The Violet Seller (1958) Una muchachita de Valladolid (1958) Una Gran señora (1959) Where Are You Going, Alfonso XII? (1959)
1960s	Un trono para Cristy (1960) My Last Tango (1960) Alerta en el cielo (1961) Pecado de amor (1961) La Casta Susana (1963) El señor de La Salle (1964) Como dos gotas de agua (1964) Más bonita que ninguna (1965) Acompáñame (1966) Love in Flight (1967) Un novio para dos hermanas (1967) Good Morning, Little Countess (1967) Cristina Guzmán (1968)