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Directed by | Juan de Orduña |
Produced by |
Carlos Blanco Alfredo Echegaray José María Pemán |
Starring |
Aurora Bautista Fernando Rey Sara Montiel Jorge Mistral Jesús Tordesillas Manuel Luna |
Music by | Juan Quintero |
Cinematography | José F. Aguayo |
Edited by | Juan Serra |
Release date
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1948 Spain October 26, 1950 United States |
Running time
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112 minutes |
Country | Spain |
Language | Spanish |
Madness for Love (Spanish:Locura de amor) is a 1948 Spanish historical drama film directed by Juan de Orduña.
The movie is based on the play La Locura de Amor written in 1855 by Manuel Tamayo y Baus around the figure of Queen Joanna of Castile; who attracted authors, composers, and artists of the romanticist movement, due to her characteristics of unrequited love, obsessive jealousy, and undying fidelity.
In 2001, Vicente Aranda made a remake titled Juana la Loca.
The story of Queen Joanna of Castile, known as "Juana la loca," and her husband Philip I of Castile, also known as "Philip the handsome."