Name: Castañuela
Genre: Drama
Released: 1945-04-23
Duration: 1 h 24 min
Rating: 5.3
Cast: Ricardo Acero, Anita Bass, Victoria Cabo

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Manuel pays a visit to his parents at the family Andalusian cortijo (hacienda), where he meets dancer Castañuela. His fiancée decides to visit him there too. Castañuela feels herself divided between her attraction for the patron's son and the love of an honest worker.

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