Overview
La Araucana is a Chilean film based on an epic poem in Spanish about the Spanish conquest of Chile, by Alonso de Ercilla; it is also known in English as The Araucaniad. It is considered the national epic of the Kingdom of Chile and one of the most important works of the Spanish Golden Age
Director and cast
- Julio Coll Director
- Elsa Martinelli as Inés de Suárez
- Venantino Venantini as Pedro de Valdivia
- Pepe Martín as Monsenor Lobo
- Elisa Montés as La Coya
- Eduardo Fajardo as Virrey Lagasca
- Beni Deus as Padre Marmolejo
- Alberto Dalbés as Fiscal
- Víctor Barrera as Lautaro
- Julio Peña as Quiroga
- Manolo Otero Cast
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