The Crime of Oribe

The Crime of Oribe
Directed byLeopoldo Torre Nilsson
Leopoldo Torres Ríos
Written byArturo Cerretani
Leopoldo Torre Nilsson
Based onEl perjurio de la nieve by Adolfo Bioy Casares
Produced byRodolfo Hansen
Leopoldo Torres Ríos
StarringRoberto Escalada
Carlos Thompson
María Concepción César
CinematographyHugo Chiesa
Edited byJosé Cardella
Music byAlberto Soifer
Bernardo Stalman
Production
company
Estudios Mapol
Distributed byCinematografía Independencia
Release date
  • 13 April 1950 (1950-04-13)
Running time
85 minutes
CountryArgentina
LanguageSpanish

The Crime of Oribe (Spanish: El crimen de Oribe) is a 1950 Argentine fantasy drama film directed by Leopoldo Torre Nilsson and Leopoldo Torres Ríos and starring Roberto Escalada, Carlos Thompson and María Concepción César.[1] The film's sets were designed by the art director Carlos T. Dowling. It is based on the story El perjurio de la nieve by Adolfo Bioy Casares.[2]

Cast

  • Roberto Escalada as Villafañe
  • Carlos Thompson as Oribe
  • Raúl De Lange as Vermehren
  • María Concepción César as Lucía
  • Carlos Cotto as Dr. Battis
  • Diana Wells as Eugenia
  • Paula Darlan as Ruth Vermehren
  • Delia Cristiani as Adelaida Vermehren
  • Trudy Tomis as Margarita Vermehren
  • Arturo Arcari as Américo
  • Max Citelli as Lacava
  • Alberto Rinaldi
  • Francisco Monet
  • Juan Alberto Domínguez
  • José Sereno
  • Miguel Leporace
  • Rafael Ricardo
  • Néstor Johan
  • Mario Conflitti

References

  1. ^ King & Torrents p.142
  2. ^ Lockhart p.34

Bibliography

  • King, John & Torrents, Nissa (ed.) The Garden of Forking Paths: Argentine Cinema. British Film Institute, 1988.
  • Thompson, Currie K. Picturing Argentina: Myths, Movies, and the Peronist Vision. Cambria Press, 2014.
  • Lockhart, Darrell B. Latin American Mystery Writers: An A-to-Z Guide. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2004.