La monja alférez (1944)

6.0/10 88 min Adventure History

Overview

A 17th century woman, imprisoned for fighting in a bar, recounts her past to a priest. She tells of her father teaching her how to fence, of being sent to a convent by her aunt when her father died, of escaping by dressing as a man, and of her life as a man following the escape.

Cast

María Félix

Catalina de Erauso

Ángel Garasa

Roger

José Cibrián

Juan de Aguirre

Delia Magaña

Elvira

José Pidal

Don César, canónigo

Fanny Schiller

Doña Úrsula

Maruja Grifell

Reverenda madre

Enrique García Álvarez

Don Ignacio de Aguirre

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