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Swan Song (1945 film)

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Swan Song
Directed byCarlos Hugo Christensen
Written byCésar Tiempo
Starring
CinematographyAlfredo Traverso
Edited byAntonio Rampoldi
Music byGeorge Andreani
Production
company
Distributed byLumiton
Release date
  • 27 April 1945 (1945-04-27)
Running time
109 minutes
CountryArgentina
LanguageSpanish

Swan Song (Spanish: El canto del cisne) is a 1945 Argentine romantic drama film directed by Carlos Hugo Christensen and starring Mecha Ortiz, Roberto Escalada and Miguel Gómez Bao. The film portrays the ultimately tragic relationship between a young composer and a more mature woman. Her performance won Ortiz the Argentine Film Academy's Silver Condor Award for Best Actress.[1]

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ Rist p.156

Bibliography

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  • Rist, Peter H. Historical Dictionary of South American Cinema. Rowman & Littlefield, 2014.
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