| 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 |
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| 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. Shot from August to November 1943 in Cordoba Province, the release was put on hold for more than a year, pending authorization by the pro-Axis military government of that time. The film is also remembered in Argentina for Libertad Lamarque's performance of the tango Uno, composed by Mariano Mores and Enrique Santos Discépolo.
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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- 1944 films
- 1940s Spanish-language films
- Argentine black-and-white films
- Films about the French Resistance
- World War II films made in wartime
- Tango films
- Films directed by Alberto de Zavalía
- War romance films
- Argentine war films
- 1940s war films
- 1940s Argentine films
- Films scored by Paul Misraki
- 1940s Argentine film stubs