La casa de la Troya
About La casa de la Troya
At the end of the nineteenth century, Gerardo Roquer is sent from Madrid to Santiago de Compostela to finish his studies. He lives in the student boarding house La Casa de la Troya. He falls in love with Carmiña, who will not marry until he is done with school. His housemates, the Troyans, help him against the schemes of a rival's family.
Cast & crew
More about La casa de la Troya
Alejandro Pérez Lugín and Manuel Noriega directed and wrote the film from Lugín's 1915 novel. Antonio Moriyón produced it for Troya Film. José Gaspar, Agustín Macasoli, and Alberto Arroyo photographed it. The shoot was in 1924. Troya Film opened it in 1925 at the Teatro de la Zarzuela in Madrid and the Coliseum in Barcelona. The original length on the ICAA record is 3,839 meters.
Themes
In film history
The first film of Lugín's 1915 novel. The novel was filmed five times in all.
Making
Lugín, who had lived the student life the novel describes, co-directed with the Asturian actor and theater man Manuel Noriega. Noriega is also listed on the ICAA file as advisor.
Audiences
Filmoteca de Galicia, introducing a screening, calls it one of the hits of its day. José María Folgar wrote that it played in Spain and in other countries, above all in Mexico.
Look
José Gaspar, Agustín Macasoli, and Alberto Arroyo shot it on location in Santiago and in Vigo, A Coruña, and Betanzos. Release copies were tinted.
Preservation
Copies are at Filmoteca Española and at the Centro Galego de Artes da Imaxe in A Coruña. Those two archives restored the film in 2003. The surviving long copy does not match the January 1925 release exactly.
Notes
- Luis Peña plays Gerardo Roquer. Carmen Viance plays Carmiña Castro Retén. Juan de Orduña plays Augusto. Florián Rey plays Adolfo Pulleiro. Pedro Elviro plays Pitouto.
- In this version the boarding house is the Casa del Cabildo, Carmiña lives at the Casa de la Parra, and her family home is the Pazo de Oca.
- Galician runs followed in Santiago, at the Teatro Linares Rivas in A Coruña, and in Vigo.
- ICAA notes that release prints were tinted, and that María Luz Callejo's part was cut from the final edit.
- The CGAI and Filmoteca Española restored the film in 2003. The long copy they had is not identical to the January 1925 release. They put back three original titles and a sea shot from fragments.
- A stage version by Manuel Linares Rivas and Lugín opened at the Teatro de la Comedia in Madrid on February 26, 1919.
Scenes
- Gerardo arrives at the Casa de la Troya in the rain of Santiago.
- Carmiña tells him she will not marry until he finishes his studies.
- The Troyans step in when a rival's family plots against him.
Influenced by
- La casa de la Troya (novel, 1915)
Also available
- Wikimedia Commons (La casa de la Troya (1925).webm)