El Santo de la Espada
El Santo de la Espada | |
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English | The Saint of the Sword |
Directed by | Leopoldo Torre Nilsson |
Written by | Beatriz Guido Ulises Petit de Murat Luis Pico Estrada Ricardo Rojas Leopoldo Torre Nilsson |
Produced by | Marcelo Simonetti Leopoldo Torre Nilsson |
Cinematography | Aníbal Di Salvo |
Edited by | Antonio Ripoll |
Music by | Ariel Ramírez |
Production company | Producciones Maipú |
Distributed by | Contracuadro |
Release date |
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Running time | 120 minutes |
Country | Argentina |
Language | Spanish |
El Santo de la Espada (in English, The Saint of the Sword) is a 1970
Synopsis
The story relates the life and career of
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
His relation with
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.
See also
References
- ^ El Santo de la espada… y el cine Archived 2010-01-05 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)