---
title: 'The Lioness of Castille (1951)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Juan de Orduña'
released: '1951-05-28'
runtime_minutes: 101
genres:
  - 'History'
countries:
  - 'Spain'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-lioness-of-castille-1951'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0042672/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Lioness of Castille (1951)

1951 · 101 min · History · Spain


## Synopsis

The Lioness of Castille is a 1951 Spanish historical drama film directed by Juan de Orduña and starring Amparo Rivelles, Virgílio Teixeira and Alfredo Mayo. 
De Orduña had directed a number of the most expensive Spanish costume films of the era for the leading studio CIFESA. The film portrays the sixteenth century noblewoman María Pacheco, in a fictitious story that has her battling foreign agents during the reign of Charles V.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Juan de Orduña](https://cinepixo.com/people/juan-de-orduna)
- **Screenplay:** [Juan de Orduña](https://cinepixo.com/people/juan-de-orduna), [Vicente Escrivá](https://cinepixo.com/people/vicente-escriva)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Juan Quintero Muñoz](https://cinepixo.com/people/juan-quintero-munoz)
- **Director of Photography:** [Alfredo Fraile](https://cinepixo.com/people/alfredo-fraile)
- **Editor:** [Petra de Nieva](https://cinepixo.com/people/petra-de-nieva)

## Cast

- [Alfredo Mayo](https://cinepixo.com/people/alfredo-mayo)
- [Germán Cobos](https://cinepixo.com/people/german-cobos)
- [Alberto Romea](https://cinepixo.com/people/alberto-romea)
- [Miguel Pastor Mata](https://cinepixo.com/people/miguel-pastor-mata)
- [Manuel Luna](https://cinepixo.com/people/manuel-luna)
- [Antonio Casas](https://cinepixo.com/people/antonio-casas) as Juan López de Padilla
- [José Jaspe](https://cinepixo.com/people/jose-jaspe) as Juan Bravo
- [Virgilio Teixeira](https://cinepixo.com/people/virgilio-teixeira) as Pedro Pérez de Guzmán, 1st Count of Olivares
- [Antonio García-Riquelme Salvador](https://cinepixo.com/people/antonio-garcia-riquelme-salvador)
- [Manuel Arbó](https://cinepixo.com/people/manuel-arbo)
- [Eduardo Fajardo](https://cinepixo.com/people/eduardo-fajardo)
- [Jesús Tordesillas](https://cinepixo.com/people/jesus-tordesillas)
- [Rafael Romero Marchent](https://cinepixo.com/people/rafael-romero-marchent)
- [Amparo Rivelles](https://cinepixo.com/people/amparo-rivelles) as María Pacheco

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