Cruel Destiny

{{short description|1944 film}} {{Infobox film | name = Cruel Destiny | image = File:Cruel Destiny.png | caption = | director = Juan Orol | producer = Juan Orol | based_on = | writer = Juan Orol | starring = María Antonieta Pons <br> Juan José Martínez Casado <br> Florencio Castelló | music = Chucho Monge | cinematography = Ross Fisher | editing = Alfredo Rosas Priego | studio = España Sono Films | distributor = | released = {{Film date|1944|8|23|df=y}} | runtime = 106 minutes | country = Mexico | language = Spanish | budget = | gross = }} '''''Cruel Destiny''''' (Spanish: '''''Cruel destino''''') is a 1944 Mexican musical drama film directed by Juan Orol and starring María Antonieta Pons, Juan José Martínez Casado and Florencio Castelló.<ref>Alfaro p.131</ref><ref>Riera p.90</ref> The film's sets were designed by the art director Ramón Rodríguez Granada. It is part of the tradition of Rumberas films, popular during the Golden Age of Mexican Cinema.

==Synopsis== Since childhood Alice and Armando have dreamed of a future together. However when they reach adulthood he objects to her becoming a dancer in a cabaret, leading her to fall into the clutches of another man.

==Cast== * María Antonieta Pons as Alice * Juan José Martínez Casado as Armando * Florencio Castelló * José Eduardo Pérez * Carolina Barret * Manuel Noriega * José Pulido * Jorge Arriaga * Guillermo Familiar * Gilberto González * Raúl Guerrero * Chel López * Kiko Mendive * Joaquín Roche

== References == <references/>

== Bibliography == * Alfaro, Eduardo de la Vega. ''Juan Orol''. Universidad de Guadalajara, 1987. * Riera, Emilio García. ''Historia documental del cine mexicano: 1943-1945''. Universidad de Guadalajara, 1992.

==External links== * {{IMDb title|0235319}}

Category:1944 films Category:1944 Spanish-language films Category:Mexican black-and-white films Category:Mexican drama films Category:1944 drama films Category:1944 Mexican films Category:Films directed by Juan Orol Category:Rumberas films