The White Rose (Spanish: La rosa blanca) is a 1954 Cuban-Mexican drama film directed by Emilio Fernández and ÃÂñigo de Martino, and starring Roberto Cañedo, Gina Cabrera and Julio Capote. It was shot at the Churubusco Studios in Mexico City. It portrays the life of the nineteenth-century Cuban poet José MartÃÂ, a leading advocate of the country's independence from Spain.