"Alfonso de Borbón and his cousin María de las Mercedes de Orleans fall in love and, although both families do not maintain good relationships, young people marry when Alfonso became king of Spain."
Vicente Parra
as Alfonso XII
Paquita Rico
as Maria de las Mercedes
Mercedes Vecino
as Isabel II
Tomás Blanco
as Duque de Sesto
José Marco Davó
as Antonio Canovas del Castillo
Lucía Prado
as Infanta Isabel
Félix Dafauce
as Duque de Montpensier
Ana María Custodio
as Duquesa de Montpensier
Jesús Tordesillas
as Ceferino
Mariano Azaña
as Gobernador
Aurora García Alonso
as Clotilde
Antonio Riquelme
as Madrileño
Rafael Bardem
as Medico
Isabel Pallarés
as
María Luisa Ponte
as Madre Teresa
Luisa María Payán
as Hermana de Mercedes
Alfonso Rojas
José Santamaría
Aníbal Vela
Nora Samsó
Carmen Rodríguez
Manuel Arbó
Erasmo Pascual
as Coronel Velasco
Xan das Bolas
as Madrileño gritón (uncredited)
Ángel Álvarez
as Tabernero (uncredited)
Luis César Amadori
Director
Writer
Juan Ignacio Luca de Tena
Dialogue
Luis Marquina
Manuel Tamayo Castro
Screenplay
José Carreras Planas
Producer
Guillermo Cases
Music
José F. Aguayo
Director of Photography
Antonio Ramírez de Loaysa
Editor
Enrique Alarcón
Set Decoration
Francisco Rodríguez Asensio
Settings
Joaquín Esparza
Costume Design
José Luis Molina
Ochagavía
Ricardo Vargas
Fernando Martínez
Assistant Makeup Artist
Esperanza Paradela
Hairstylist
José Luis Ruiz
Makeup & Hair
Julián Esteban Gómez
Production Manager
Antonio Sau Olite
Assistant Production Manager
José María Téllez
Ricardo Blasco
Assistant Director
Maximiliano Peñín
Second Assistant Director
José Luis Robles
José Antonio de la Guerra
Assistant Set Decoration
Joaquín Domínguez
Property Master
Luciano Díaz
Antonio Alonso
Sound Engineer
León Lucas de la Peña
José María San Mateo
José García de la Cruz
Assistant Camera
Felipe López
Still Photographer
Ricardo Navarrete
Camera Operator
Teresa Bort
Assistant Editor
Jesús R. Folgar
Production Assistant
Pablo Tallaví