Amok (1945 film)
Encyclopedia
Amok is a 1945
Mexican romantic drama film directed by Antonio Momplet and starring María Félix
and Julián Soler. The film is based on the novel Der Amoklaufer by author Stefan Zweig
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) with whom he is having an affair. After losing all the money while gambling, he is forced to flee to an undeveloped region of India. There, he tries to mitigate the onslaught of a disease the natives term "Amok", while his past mistakes still plague him.
1945 in film
The year 1945 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* Paramount Studios releases theatrical short cartoon titled The Friendly Ghost, featuring a ghost named Casper.* With Rossellini's Roma Città aperta, Italian neorealist cinema begins....
Mexican romantic drama film directed by Antonio Momplet and starring María Félix
María Félix
María Félix was a Mexican film actress and one of the icons of the golden era of the Cinema of Mexico and also one of the myths of the Spanish language Cinema for her life style and personality...
and Julián Soler. The film is based on the novel Der Amoklaufer by author Stefan Zweig
Stefan Zweig
Stefan Zweig was an Austrian novelist, playwright, journalist and biographer. At the height of his literary career, in the 1920s and 1930s, he was one of the most famous writers in the world.- Biography :...
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Plot
A doctor (Julián Soler) embezzles the proceeds of his Parisian clinic in order to better support the manipulative woman (María FélixMaría Félix
María Félix was a Mexican film actress and one of the icons of the golden era of the Cinema of Mexico and also one of the myths of the Spanish language Cinema for her life style and personality...
) with whom he is having an affair. After losing all the money while gambling, he is forced to flee to an undeveloped region of India. There, he tries to mitigate the onslaught of a disease the natives term "Amok", while his past mistakes still plague him.
Cast
- María FélixMaría FélixMaría Félix was a Mexican film actress and one of the icons of the golden era of the Cinema of Mexico and also one of the myths of the Spanish language Cinema for her life style and personality...
as Mrs. Travis / Mrs. Belmont - Julián Soler as Dr. Jorge Martell
- Stella IndaStella IndaStella Inda was a Mexican film actress. She was the star of notable Mexican films, including Los olvidados by Luis Buñuel in 1949....
as Tara - Miguel Ángel Ferríz as Governor