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The Daughter of the Regiment (1944)

The Daughter of the Regiment poster
Original title
La hija del regimiento
Directed by
Jaime Salvador
Genre
comedy
Country
Mexico
Runtime
1h 37m
Rating
6.4 of 10 from 5 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A musical comedy set in a military context. A young woman is raised by a regiment of soldiers, and her life gets complicated when she falls in love with a young man. The film is based on a comic opera.

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What happens

The Daughter of the Regiment (Spanish: La hija del regimiento) is a 1944 Mexican musical comedy film directed by Jaime Salvador and starring Mapy Cortés, José Cibrián and Fernando Soto "Mantequilla". It was shot at the Clasa Studios in Mexico City. The film's sets were designed by the art director Manuel Fontanals. It was inspired by the comic opera The Daughter of the Regiment by Gaetano Donizetti. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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