Safo, historia de una pasión
| Safo, historia de una pasión | |
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 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Carlos Hugo Christensen |
| Written by | César Tiempo Julio Porter |
| Based on | Sappho by Alphonse Daudet |
| Cinematography | Alfredo Traverso |
| Edited by | A. Rampoldi |
| Music by | George Andreani |
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Release date |
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Running time | 98 minutes |
| Country | Argentina |
| Language | Spanish |
Safo, historia de una pasión is a 1943 Argentine erotic melodrama film[1][2] directed by Carlos Hugo Christensen and starring Mecha Ortiz and Roberto Escalada. At the 1944 Argentine Film Critics Association Awards, Ortiz won the Silver Condor Award for Best Actress for her performance as Selva in the film.[3]
In a survey of the 100 greatest films of Argentine cinema carried out by the Museo del Cine Pablo Ducrós Hicken in 2000, the film reached the 43rd position.[4]
Cast
[edit]- Mecha Ortiz as Selva
- Roberto Escalada as Raúl de Salcedo
- Miguel Gómez Bao as Silvino
- Nicolás Fregues as Dr. Benavídez
- Guillermo Battaglia as Caudal
- Ricardo Canales as Delavalle
- Eduardo Cuitiño as Molina
- Elisa Labardén as Teresa
- Elisardo Santalla as Don Raimundo
- Herminia Mancini as Langosta
- Olga Zubarry as Fantasma en la fiesta de Carnaval
- Ilde Pirovano as Gertrudis
- Mirtha Legrand as Irene Benavídez
- Aurora Sánchez
References
[edit]- ^ Pardo, Soledad; Croci, Pablo (2011). "Safo, historia de una pasión: Tensión entre canon y ruptura en el primer melodrama erótico del cine argentino". Imagofagia (in Spanish) (3). Buenos Aires: Asociación Argentina de Estudios de Cine y Audiovisual. ISSN 1852-9550. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
- ^ Melo, Adrián (1 December 2014). "La alegría brasileña". Soy. Página/12 (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 November 2022.
- ^ "Ortíz, Mecha". Nuestrosactores.com.ar. Retrieved 28 May 2014.
- ^ "Las 100 mejores del periodo 1933-1999 del Cine Argentino". La mirada cautiva (3). Buenos Aires: Museo del Cine Pablo Ducrós Hicken: 6–14. 2000. Archived from the original on 21 November 2022. Retrieved 21 November 2022 – via Encuesta de cine argentino 2022 on Google Drive.
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