| Centauros del pasado | |
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| Directed by | Belisario García Villar [es] |
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| Based on | Centauros del pasado (historical novel) by Eliseo Montaine and Roberto Talice |
| Produced by | Juan Botsa |
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| Music by | Alejandro Gutiérrez del Barrio |
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| Running time | 110 minutes |
| Country | Argentina |
| Language | Spanish |
Centauros del pasado is a 1944 Argentine historical biopic film directed by Belisario García Villar [es], with a screenplay by Villar, Eliseo Montaine, and Roberto Talice [ca; es], as based upon the original historical novel by Montaine and Talice about Pancho Ramirez, a governor of Argentina's Entre Ríos Province during the Argentine War of Independence, and founder of the Republic of Entre Ríos.
Plot
During the Argentine War of Independence, Pancho Ramirez led well-disciplined and successful forces against the Royalists, eventually founding the short-lived Republic of Entre Ríos in 1820. When opposition forces captured his wife in 1821, Ramirez was killed and beheaded during an ill-fated attempt at rescue.
Cast
- Nelo Cosimi
- Santiago Gómez Cou
- Pedro Maratea
- Alita Román
- Domingo Sapelli
- Froilán Varela
- Ernesto Vilches
- Eloy Álvarez
- Lalo Bouhier [es]
- José De Ángelis [es]
- Francisco Pablo Donadío [es]
- Nelly Edison
- César Fiaschi
- Anita Jordán
- Francisco López Silva [es]
- Raúl Merlo [arz; es; it]
- Pepito Petray [es]
- Juan Pérez Bilbao
- Elvira Quiroga [es]
- Marino Seré [es]
- Félix Tortorelli [es]
Accolades
In 1945, The Argentine Film Critics Association awarded Roberto Talice [ca; es] and Eliseo Montaine the Silver Condor Award for Best Original Screenplay.
References
- Luis Trelles Plazaola (1989). South American Cinema/ Cine De America Del Sur: Dictionary of Film Makers/ Diccionario De Los Productores De Peliculas. La Editorial. p. 97. ISBN 084772011X.
- Fuster Retali, José. "La ausencia de la Historia Argentina en el cine nacional" (in Spanish). Espacio Latino. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
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