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La otra

  • 19461946
  • 1h 38m
IMDb RATING
7.5/10
412
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POPULARITY
35,563
35,836
La otra (1946)
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Dolores Del Rio plays a dual role as identical twins - one good and one bad.Dolores Del Rio plays a dual role as identical twins - one good and one bad.Dolores Del Rio plays a dual role as identical twins - one good and one bad.
IMDb RATING
7.5/10
412
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
35,563
35,836
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Director
      • Roberto Gavaldón
    • Writers
      • Roberto Gavaldón
      • Rian James(story)
      • José Revueltas
    • Stars
      • Dolores del Rio
      • Agustín Irusta
      • Víctor Junco
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Roberto Gavaldón
    • Writers
      • Roberto Gavaldón
      • Rian James(story)
      • José Revueltas
    • Stars
      • Dolores del Rio
      • Agustín Irusta
      • Víctor Junco
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 6User reviews
    • 6Critic reviews
  • See production, box office & company info
    • Awards
      • 7 nominations

    Photos12

    Dolores del Rio in La otra (1946)
    Dolores del Rio in La otra (1946)
    Dolores del Rio in La otra (1946)
    Dolores del Rio in La otra (1946)
    La otra (1946)
    Dolores del Rio and Agustín Irusta in La otra (1946)
    Dolores del Rio and Agustín Irusta in La otra (1946)
    La otra (1946)
    Dolores del Rio and Elisa Christy in La otra (1946)
    Dolores del Rio in La otra (1946)
    Dolores del Rio and Víctor Junco in La otra (1946)

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    Dolores del Rio
    Dolores del Rio
    • Magdalena Montes de Oca…
    Agustín Irusta
    Agustín Irusta
    • Roberto González
    Víctor Junco
    Víctor Junco
    • Fernando
    José Baviera
    José Baviera
    • Licenciado de la Fuente
    Conchita Carracedo
    Conchita Carracedo
    • Carmela
    Carlos Villarías
    Carlos Villarías
    • Lic. Félix Mendoza
    Rafael Icardo
    Rafael Icardo
    • Agente ministerio público
    Manuel Dondé
    Manuel Dondé
    • Agente Aguilar
    José Arratia
    • Médico forense
    • (uncredited)
    Daniel Arroyo
    • Hombre en funeral
    • (uncredited)
    Ricardo Avendaño
    • Cocinero
    • (uncredited)
    Luis Badillo
    • Agente policía
    • (uncredited)
    Carmen Cabrera
    • Invitada a fiesta
    • (uncredited)
    Elisa Christy
    Elisa Christy
    • Empleada tienda
    • (uncredited)
    Carmen Cipriani
    • Invitada fiesta
    • (uncredited)
    Julio Daneri
    • Señor Domínguez
    • (uncredited)
    Genaro de Alba
    • Hombre en funeral
    • (uncredited)
    Felipe de Flores
    • Empleado tienda
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Roberto Gavaldón
    • Writers
      • Roberto Gavaldón
      • Rian James(story)
      • José Revueltas
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    • Trivia
      The script for La Otra was owned by Warner Bros. and is the same script as the 1964 version, Dead Ringer (1964), starring Bette Davis. Warners chose to pass on making it as a film in the 1940's because it bore too close of a resemblance to the film Davis had just made, A Stolen Life (1946).
    • Connections
      Featured in Dolores del Río - Princesa de México (1999)

    User reviews6

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    Top review
    7/10
    Óne of the best Mexican movies ever
    Although I liked very much the detailed review of "Melvelvit" I would like to add that this interesting film, one of the best in the Mexican movies history, is due to the collaboration of American writer Rian James and one of the most important Mexican writers of the era, José Revueltas, and the Mexican film director Roberto Gavaldón. Actually, "La Otra" is one of the best Del Río and Gavaldón films, as well the set designer Gunther Gerszo (sometimes written Gerzso or Gerzo)and photographer Alex Phillips, all important figures in the artistic Mexican world. The "gothic nightmare... somber night-world ambiance" is due to Mexican Gerszo, who studied and worked at the Cleveland Play House in the USA, and combined his movie jobs with painting, becoming one of the most important Mexican abstract painters. In movies, he worked with John Ford ("Sombrerito", in Hollywood), John Houston ("Under the Volcano"), Luis Buñuel ("Susana", "Una mujer sin amor" and "El Bruto" with Kathy Jurado) as well with the most important Mexican directors. He did the sets for Mexican cult films "El Vampiro" (The Vampire) and its sequel, El Ataud del Vampiro" (The Vampire Coffin) about which he claimed, never even watched once they were finished (and they're great as camp Mexican movies examples!)
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    • Aug 23, 2005

    Details

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    • Release date
      • 1947 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • Mexico
    • Language
      • Spanish
    • Also known as
      • Druga
    • Filming locations
      • Mexico
    • Production company
      • Producciones Mercurio
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 38 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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