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Madness for Love (Spanish: Locura de amor) is a 1948 Spanish historical drama film directed by Juan de Orduña.[1]

Madness for Love
Screenshot from film
Spanish	Locura de amor
Directed by	Juan de Orduña
Based on	The Madness of Love by Manuel Tamayo y Baus
Produced by	Carlos Blanco Alfredo Echegaray José María Pemán
Starring	Aurora Bautista Fernando Rey Sara Montiel Jorge Mistral Jesús Tordesillas Manuel Luna
Cinematography	José F. Aguayo
Edited by	Juan Serra
Music by	Juan Quintero
Production company	CIFESA
Distributed by	CIFESA
Release dates	8 October 1948 (Spain) 26 October 1950 (US)
Running time	112 minutes
Country	Spain
Language	Spanish

The movie is based on the play The Madness of Love written in 1855 by Manuel Tamayo y Baus around the figure of Queen Joanna of Castile; who attracted authors, composers, and artists of the romanticist movement, due to her characteristics of unrequited love, obsessive jealousy, and undying fidelity.

The film is also known as The Mad Queen. It was made by CIFESA, Spain's largest film company at the time, which turned out a number of historical films during the late 1940s. It was given an American release in 1950.

In 2001, Vicente Aranda made a remake titled Juana la Loca.

Plot summary

The story of Queen Joanna of Castile, known as "Juana la loca," and her husband Philip I of Castile, also known as "Philip the handsome."

Cast

References

Bibliography

• Mira, Alberto. Historical Dictionary of Spanish Cinema. Scarecrow Press, 2010.

External links

• Locura de amor at IMDb
• "Political Madness: Juan de Orduña´s Locura de amor as a National Allegory." Essay by Santiago Juan-Navarro

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