Águila o sol
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Águila o sol is a 1937
1937 in film
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 film of the cinema of Mexico.

This was Cantinflas
Cantinflas
Fortino Mario Alfonso Moreno Reyes , was a Mexican comic film actor, producer, and screenwriter known professionally as Cantinflas. He often portrayed impoverished campesinos or a peasant of pelado origin...

's third film and the second in a row with Manuel Medel. After this film Cantinflas decided to pursue a career on his own with the support of Medel who was already an accomplished actor.

This film, written, adapted and directed by Russia
Russia
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n-born Arcady Boytler
Arcady Boytler
Arcady Arcadievic Boytler Rososky was a producer, screenwriter, and director, most renowned for his films during the golden age of Mexican cinema....

 took the 84th place among the 100 best movies of the cinema of Mexico, a list created by film experts in Mexico.

Cast

  • Mario Moreno "Cantinflas
    Cantinflas
    Fortino Mario Alfonso Moreno Reyes , was a Mexican comic film actor, producer, and screenwriter known professionally as Cantinflas. He often portrayed impoverished campesinos or a peasant of pelado origin...

    " as Polito Sol
  • Manuel Medel as Carmelo Águila
  • Margarita Mora as Teresa
  • Marina Tamayo as Adriana Águila
  • Luis G. Barreiro as Castro
  • Manuel Arvide as Hipólito Sol
  • Margarita Sodi as young Adriana
  • Jesús de la Mora as young Polito
  • José Girón Torres as young Carmelo
  • Dora Ceprano as Dora
  • Ramón Rey as "El Gallego"
  • Teresa Rojas
  • Emma Vogel
  • Blanca Rosa Otero
  • José Elías Moreno
    José Elías Moreno
    José Elías Moreno was a Mexican character actor of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema, best-remembered for his versatility in playing different characters. He appeared in 184 films between 1937 and 1969...

  • Rafael Baledón
  • Virginia Serret
  • Julio Ahuet
  • Toña la Negra
    Toña la Negra
    Toña la Negra was an Afro-Mexican singer known for her interpretation of boleros, sones, rumbas and songs from Agustín Lara. She first became famous by her interpretation of Lara's song "Enamorada", he also wrote "Lamento Jarocho" specially for her to sing...

  • Rafael Hernández
    Rafael Hernández (actor)
    Rafael Hernández was a Spanish film actor. He appeared in 200 films between 1956 and 1990. He was born and died in Madrid, Spain.-Selected filmography:* Una chica casi decente...

  • Rafael Díaz
    Rafael Diaz
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  • Antonio Escobar
    Antonio Escobar
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Plot

Three children are abandoned in a convent
Convent
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 when they are born, these are Polito Sol and the siblings Adriana and Carmelo Águila and they grow up to become the "Águila o Sol" trio. Don Hipólito, Polito's father becomes rich years later and decides to search for his son. At the end he finds Polito and the brothers Águila.

External links

Águila o sol at the cinema of Mexico site of the ITESM Biography of Manuel Medel
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