Film

The Phantom Lady

Name: The Phantom Lady
Director: Luis Saslavsky
Released: 1945
Rating: 5
Cast: Delia Garcés, Enrique Diosdado, Antonia Herrero, Manuel Collado, Alberto de Mendoza

1945 · 101 min · ★ 5 · Dir. Luis Saslavsky

Wit... Love... Intrigue... in the spectacular setting of 18th Century Spain

The young widow of the viceroy of Peru, facing the dismal prospect of either a convent or a marriage of convenience, sets out to conquer a handsome officer, pretending she’s a duende, a ghost. Voted the best Argentine film of 1945, La dama duende is a beautifully crafted comedy of errors, based on the 17th-century play by Pedro Calderón de la Barca. The most ambitious production of Estudios San Miguel, it was brought to the screen mostly by Spaniards exiled in Argentina as a result of the Civil War.