El Santo de la Espada

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El Santo de la Espada
EnglishThe Saint of the Sword
Directed byLeopoldo Torre Nilsson
Written byBeatriz Guido
Ulises Petit de Murat
Luis Pico Estrada
Ricardo Rojas
Leopoldo Torre Nilsson
Produced byMarcelo Simonetti
Leopoldo Torre Nilsson
CinematographyAníbal Di Salvo
Edited byAntonio Ripoll
Music byAriel Ramírez
Production
company
Producciones Maipú
Distributed byContracuadro
Release date
  • 25 March 1970 (1970-03-25) (Argentina)
Running time
120 minutes
CountryArgentina
LanguageSpanish

El Santo de la Espada (in English, The Saint of the Sword) is a 1970

Sanmartinian National Institute. It had a great success, and it is the most successful movie about "El Libertador" San Martín, although it received some negative reviews due to historical inaccuracies.[1]

Synopsis

The story relates the life and career of

Mendoza province, with the rest of the narration being told as a flashback
.

Cast

History

The role of San Martín was played by Alfredo Alcón. Evangelina Salazar represented Remedios de Escalada, San Martin's wife. Other important actors included were Lautaro Murúa, Héctor Alterio and Alfredo Iglesias; Leonor Benedetto, Rubén Green and Hugo Arana were novice actors by that time, and eventually developed notable careers afterwards.

Most of the film was made in the south of the province of

Regiment of Mounted Grenadiers
.

His relation with

Guayaquil conference
; he returns to Mendoza, upon receiving a letter informing him of the grave illness of Remedios. When he returned to Mendoza, he found Remedios already dead.

It was premiered in Mendoza on March 25, 1970, and quickly became a blockbuster. A few months later, a group of revisionists created a documental movie about San Martín, in an effort to make clear some events the film narrated.

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