La Zandunga is a 1938 Mexican romantic drama film directed by Fernando de Fuentes and starring the "Mexican Spitfire" Lupe Vélez.

La Zandunga
Directed byFernando de Fuentes
Written by
Produced byPedro A. Calderón
Starring
CinematographyAlex Phillips
Edited byCharles L. Kimball
Music byFrancisco Domínguez
Distributed byClasa Films Mundiales
Release date
  • March 18, 1938 (1938-03-18)
Running time
107 minutes
CountryMexico
LanguageSpanish

Plot

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In a little town around Tehuantepec, in Oaxaca, México, lives a beautiful and cheerful girl named Lupe (Lupe Vélez), in love with a stranger marine named Juancho (Arturo de Córdova). The man has to go to Veracruz and promises Lupe that he will return and marry her. After several months, Lupe loses hope of seeing him again and accepts the offer of another man to marry.

Cast

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Production notes

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This was the first Spanish-speaking movie for Lupe Vélez, who, after a massive career in Hollywood, returned to México to take advantage of her popularity among Hispanic audiences.

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