Doña Bárbara [videorecording] / Clasa Films S.A. de C.V. presenta una producción de Fernando de Fuentes ; adaptación cinematográfica y diálogos de Rómulo Gallegos ; dirección de Fernando de Fuentes con la colaboración de Miguel M. Delgado.
DVD-4207. First series from container. Originally released as a Mexican motion picture in 1943. Adapted by Rómulo Gallegos from his novel, Doña Bárbara. Includes 3 previews of other motion pictures. Special features: biographies of director and cast members. María Félix, Julián Soler, María Elena Marqués, Andrés Soler, Arturo Soto Rangel, Charles Rooner.
Summary:
Santos Luzardo ha llegado al pueblo, para visitar a su primo y reclamar la parte de sus tierras que Doña Bárbara le arrebató. Un bello romance surge entre Santos y Marisela, la hija abandonada de la Doña. La felicidad de ambos se verá eclipsada cuando Doña Bárbara se interese por Santos y utilice toda su maldad para destruir a Marisela y poder devorar a su hombre. Doña Bárbara, feared for her witchcraft, becomes involved in a land dispute with Santos Luzardo, a lawyer who has come to take charge of his property. Both she and her daughter fall in love with the lawyer.
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