Eugenia Grandet is a 1953 Mexican drama film directed by Emilio Gómez Muriel and starring Marga López, Julio Villarreal and Andrea Palma.Goble p.111 It is based on the 1833 French novel Eugénie Grandet by Honoré de Balzac with the setting shifted from nineteenth century France to mid-twentieth century Mexico. It was shot at the Tepeyac Studios in Mexico City. The film's sets were designed by the art director Francisco Marco Chillet.
Cast Marga López as Eugenia Grandet Julio Villarreal as Don Eugenio Grandet Andrea Palma as Matilde Grandet Ramón Gay as Carlos Grandet Hortensia Santoveña as Ana, (maid) José Pidal as Señor Santiesteban, (banker) Enrique Díaz 'Indiano' as Pedro López, (notary) Armando Velasco as Padre Agustín (Father Agustín) Alberto Carrière as (Carlos' associate) Lilia Fernández as Laura Irlanda Mora as (Carlos' wife) Ángel Merino as Luis Santiesteban Rafael Estrada as (Father Agustín's nephew) Victorio Blanco as (Don Eugenio's associate) Rodolfo Calvo as (doctor) León Barroso as (letter carrier) José Chávez as (butler) María Gentil Arcos as Señora Santiesteban Elodia Hernández as (Laura's mother) Elvira Lodi as (woman in airport) Pepe Nava as (passerby) Carlos Robles Gil as (man seeking loan)
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Bibliography Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
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