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La selva de fuego

La Selva de Fuego
Directed by Fernando de Fuentes
Produced by Mauricio de la Serna
Written by Tito Davison
Paulino Masip
Starring Dolores del Río
Arturo de Córdova
Miguel Inclán
Music by Max Urban
Cinematography Agustín Martínez Solares
Edited by Jose W. Bustos
Distributed by Producciones Grovas
Release date
December 27, 1945
Running time
76 minutes
Country Mexico
Language Spanish

La Selva de Fuego (The Jungle of Fire) is a 1945 Mexican romantic drama film directed by Fernando de Fuentes and starring Dolores del Río.

The movie develops into the Jungle of Chiapas in México. A beautiful woman named Estrella (Dolores del Río) lost in a savage zone of the jungle. She is found by a group of men who are being held into the jungle as social outcasts. Their leader, Luciano (Arturo de Córdova) is a man of integrity, but with an inexplicable hatred toward women. The presence of a sensual woman between several alone men causing a chaos that only Luciano can save.

According to María Félix in her autobiography (Todas mis Guerras México, 1993), cause of this movie, she and Dolores del Río mistook their paths for only time. The film was written by Félix, but the messenger sent by mistake the film for Dolores. María finished filming the movie Vértigo (written by Dolores).



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