El fin de la noche

El fin de la noche
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	Estudios San Miguel
Distributed by	Distribuidora Panamericana
Release date	1 November 1944;
Running time	94 minutes
Country	Argentina
Language	Spanish

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]

Plot

A 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

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

^ 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

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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[1] Manrupe, Raúl; Portela, María Alejandra (2001). Un diccionario de films argentinos (1930-1995). Editorial Corregidor, p. 232. ISBN 950-05-0896-6 (in Spanish)

[2] El Fin De La Noche (1944)

[3] 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)

[4] Historia del Cine Argentino (in Spanish)

[5] "Tangos and Legends". Archived from the original on 2012-10-04. Retrieved 2012-10-22.

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