{{Short description|1945 film by Julio Bracho}} {{Infobox film | name = The White Monk | image = | caption = | director = Julio Bracho | producer = | writer = Eduardo Marquina (play) <br> Xavier Villaurrutia <br> Jesús Cárdenas <br> Julio Bracho | starring = María Félix <br> Tomás Perrín <br> Julio Villarreal | music = Raúl Lavista | cinematography = Alex Phillips | editing = Jorge Bustos | studio = Clasa Films Mundiales | distributor = | released ={{Film date|1945|10|06|df=yes}} | runtime = 112 minutes | country = Mexico | language = Spanish | budget = | gross = }} '''''The White Monk''''' (Spanish:'''''El monje blanco''''') is a 1945 Mexican historical drama film directed and co-written by Julio Bracho and starring María Félix, Tomás Perrín and Julio Villarreal.<ref>Taibo p.138</ref> The film's sets were designed by the art director Jorge Fernandez.
It is set in Italy in the thirteenth century.
==Cast== * María Félix as Gálata Orsina * Tomás Perrín as Conde Hugo del Saso / Fray Paracleto * Julio Villarreal as Sacerdote * Paco Fuentes as Capolupo * Consuelo Guerrero de Luna as Condesa Próspera Huberta * María Douglas as Mina Amanda * José Pidal as Fray Matías * Manuel Noriega * Fanny Schiller * Felipe Montoya as Marco Leone * Ángel T. Sala as Montero * José Elías Moreno * Ernesto Alonso as Fray Can * Marta Elba as Anabella * Alejandro Cobo as Bertone * Manolo Fábregas as Piero * María Gentil Arcos as Peregrina * Paco Martinez as Peregrino
== References == {{reflist}}
== Bibliography == * Paco Ignacio Taibo. ''María Félix: 47 pasos por el cine''. Bruguera, 2008.
== External links == * {{IMDb title|0037926}}
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