Almafuerte (film)
Encyclopedia
Almafuerte is a 1949
Argentine
drama film
directed by Luis César Amadori
and written by Belisario García Villar. The film is a biography
of the Argentine poet
Pedro Bonifacio Palacios
("Almafuerte"). The film starred Narciso Ibáñez Menta
as Almafuerte and Pola Alonso
.
It won the Silver Condor for best film and best actor in the 1950 film awards. The film was also entered into the 1949 Cannes Film Festival
.
1949 in film
The year 1949 in film involved some significant events.-Top grossing films :- Awards :Academy Awards:*Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff, starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello...
Argentine
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
drama film
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
directed by Luis César Amadori
Luis César Amadori
Luis César Amadori was an Italian - Argentine film director and screenwriter and one of the most influential directors in the Cinema of Argentina of the classic era...
and written by Belisario García Villar. The film is a biography
Biography
A biography is a detailed description or account of someone's life. More than a list of basic facts , biography also portrays the subject's experience of those events...
of the Argentine poet
Poet
A poet is a person who writes poetry. A poet's work can be literal, meaning that his work is derived from a specific event, or metaphorical, meaning that his work can take on many meanings and forms. Poets have existed since antiquity, in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary...
Pedro Bonifacio Palacios
Pedro Bonifacio Palacios
Pedro Bonifacio Palacios , better known by his sobriquet, Almafuerte, was an Argentine poet.-Biography:Palacios was born in San Justo, a western suburb of Buenos Aires, into a humble family...
("Almafuerte"). The film starred Narciso Ibáñez Menta
Narciso Ibáñez Menta
Narciso Ibáñez Menta was a Spanish theatre, film, and television actor.Born in Langreo, Asturias, Spain, Menta made his first stage appearance in 1919 at the Teatro La Comedia of Buenos Aires. He worked in both theatre and film in Argentina until 1964, when he returned to Spain and developed a...
as Almafuerte and Pola Alonso
Pola Alonso
Pola Alonso was a classic Argentine actress of the 1940s and 1950s.She appeared in films such as the 1942 film Adolescencia and Adiós muchachos ....
.
It won the Silver Condor for best film and best actor in the 1950 film awards. The film was also entered into the 1949 Cannes Film Festival
1949 Cannes Film Festival
The 3rd Cannes Film Festival was held on September 2-17, 1949. No festival was held in 1948.- Jury :The entire jury for this festival were French.*Georges Huisman *Jules Romains *Mme...
.
Other cast
- Eva Caselli
- Federico Mansilla
- Juan Bono
- Pedro Pompillo
- Fernando Labat
- Adolfo Linvel
- Ricardo Viana
External links
- http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0178228/