Centauros del pasado

1944 Argentine film
  • Belisario García Villar
  • Eliseo Montaine
  • Roberto Talice
Based onCentauros del pasado (historical novel)
by Eliseo Montaine and Roberto TaliceProduced byJuan BotsaStarring
Cinematography
  • Hugo Chiesa
  • Julio C. Lavera
  • Antonio Merayo
  • Fulvio Testi
Music byAlejandro Gutiérrez del Barrio
Release date
  • April 13, 1944 (1944-04-13) (Argentina)
Running time
110 minutesCountryArgentinaLanguageSpanish

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.[1][2]

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

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

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Fuster Retali, José. "La ausencia de la Historia Argentina en el cine nacional" (in Spanish). Espacio Latino. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
  • Centauros del pasado at IMDb
  • Centauros del pasado at Cinenacional (Spanish)


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