Camelia (1954)

6.2/10 110 min Drama Romance

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.

Cast

María Félix

Camelia

Jorge Mistral

Rafael Torres

Carlos Navarro

Armando

Renée Dumas

Nancy

Ramón Gay

Enrique

Miguel Ángel Ferriz Sr.

Dr. del Real

Florencio Castelló

Don Jacinto

Fernando Casanova

Amigo de Rafael

Carlos Múzquiz

Productor de televisión

Fanny Schiller

Doncella de Camila (uncredited)

José Chávez

(uncredited)

Eduardo Alcaraz

(uncredited)

Miguel Aceves Mejía

Cantante (uncredited)

José Baviera

Señor López Rueda (uncredited)

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