Forgotten Faces

Oct 18, 1952

1h 53m

★ 6.0

Overview

A woman looses her baby girl in a train accident but, years later, the girl's father reveals that the baby survived and was raised by him with two other daughters.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Clasa Films Mundiales

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Cast

Rosario Velazquez

Libertad Lamarque

Roberto Casahonda

Julián Soler

Manuel Lazcano

Ramón Gay

Claudia

Alicia Caro

Julieta

Anabel Gutiérrez

Marta

Martha Roth

Cantante

Pedro Vargas

Telegrafista

Jesús Valero

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