El fin de la noche (English: End of the Night) is a 1944 Argentine film. It is notable for being an anti-Nazi film made in neutral Argentina during World War II and set in occupied France.[2] Shot from August to November 1943 in Cordoba Province,[3] the release was put on hold for more than a year, pending authorization by the pro-Axis military government of that time.[4] The film is also remembered in Argentina for Libertad Lamarque's performance of the tango Uno, composed by Mariano Mores and Enrique Santos Discépolo.[5]
| El fin de la noche | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Alberto de Zavalía |
| Written by | Carlos Aden Hugo MacDougall |
| Produced by | Francisco Cárdenas |
| Starring | Libertad Lamarque |
| Cinematography | Vicente Cosentino |
| Edited by | Oscar Carchano |
| Music by | Paul Misraki |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Distribuidora Panamericana |
Release date |
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Running time | 94 minutes |
| Country | Argentina |
| Language | Spanish |
Plot
editA female Argentine tango singer in occupied France (Libertad Lamarque) gets romantically involved with a Resistance member (Juan José Miguez). A local Gestapo commander (Alberto Bello) tries to convince her to infiltrate the Resistance in exchange for her little daughter's safety.
Cast
edit- Libertad Lamarque...Lola Morel
- Juan José Míguez...Daniel
- Alberto Bello...Herr Kleit
- María Esther Buschiazzo …Madame Gené
- Ernesto Raquén …Jaime
- Florence Marly...Agent "Pilar"
- Homero Cárpena...Resistance's driver
- Rene Mugica...Kleit's assistant
Notes
edit- ^ Manrupe, Raúl; Portela, María Alejandra (2001). Un diccionario de films argentinos (1930-1995). Editorial Corregidor, p. 232. ISBN 950-05-0896-6 (in Spanish)
- ^ El Fin De La Noche (1944)
- ^ Kohen, Héctor R. (2000) Ruleta, películas y política. En Cine Argentino Industria y clasicismo (1933/1956). Vol I. Fondo Nacional de las Artes, p. 383, note 140. ISBN 950-9807-58-3 (in Spanish)
- ^ Historia del Cine Argentino (in Spanish)
- ^ "Tangos and Legends". Archived from the original on 2012-10-04. Retrieved 2012-10-22.
External links
edit- El fin de la noche (1944) At the Internet Movie Database
- 1944 - El Fin de la Noche (in Spanish)
- El Fin de la Noche (1944) - Color version on YouTube (in Spanish)
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