The Last Couplet (1957)
El último cuplé
A musical drama featuring a tragic love story. Relates a singer's rise to fame and her subsequent downfall because of the death of her lover.
- Date of release
- 1957-05-06
- TMDB
- 5.8 / 10 (12)
- Runtime
- 1h 50m
- Genres
- Drama, Music
- Director
- Juan de Orduña
Casting
- Sara Montiel — Maria Luján
- Armando Calvo — Juan Contreras
- Enrique Vera — Pepe Molina
- Julia Martínez — Trini
- Matilde Muñoz Sampedro — Paca
- José Moreno — Cándido Chamorro
- Laly del Amo — Luisa
- Aurora García Alonso — Micaela
- Beni Moreno — Chloe
- Luis Orduña — Médico
- Erasmo Pascual — Don Práxedes
- Consuelo de Nieva — Gloria Palacios
Interesting facts
The Last Torch Song, better known under its Spanish title El último cuplé, is a 1957 Spanish jukebox musical film directed by Juan de Orduña and starring Sara Montiel, Armando Calvo and Enrique Vera.
Production
The filming took place in Barcelona between November 1956 and January 1957. Montiel accepted to star in the film as a deference to its director Juan de Orduña and during a vacation in Spain in between her Hollywood filmings Serenade and Run of the Arrow. The film was filmed with a very low budget.
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