Where Are You Going, Alfonso XII?
Where Are You Going, Alfonso XII? is a 1959 Spanish historical drama film directed by Luis César Amadori and starring Paquita Rico and Vicente Parra. It portrays the romance between Alfonso XII of Spain and his wife Maria de las Mercedes. Their marriage only lasted five months and three days before the 18-year-old queen died of typhoid fever.
The film was followed by a sequel Alfonso XII and María Cristina the following year.
Cast
- Paquita Rico as Maria de las Mercedes
- Vicente Parra as Alfonso XII
- Tomás Blanco as the Duke of Sesto
- José Marco Davó as Antonio Cánovas del Castillo
- Lucía Prado as Infanta Isabel
- Mercedes Vecino as Isabel II
- Félix Dafauce as the Duke of Montpensier
- Ana María Custodio as the Duchess of Montpensier
- Jesús Tordesillas as Ceferino
- Mariano Azaña as Gobernador
- Aurora García Alonso as Clotilde
- Antonio Riquelme as Madrileño
- Rafael Bardem as Doctor Federico Rubio y Galí
- Isabel Pallarés
- María Luisa Ponte
- Luisa María Payán as María Cristina de Orleans
- Alfonso Rojas
- José Santamaría
- Aníbal Vela
- Nora Samsó
- Carmen Rodríguez
- Manuel Arbó
- Erasmo Pascual
- Xan das Bolas as Madrileño
- Ángel Álvarez as Tabernero