Hugo del Carril
Piero Bruno Hugo Fontana Bertani, known as Hugo del Carril (November 30, 1912 - August 13, 1989), was an Argentine film actor, film director and tango singer of the classic era. He began his career as a singer of tango choruses at the age of fifteen. He made his film debut as an actor in 1937 and in 1949 as a director. In 1948 he would go on to immortality as the voice of La Marcha Peronista, for which he would be persecuted and imprisoned in 1955 after the coup against the government of Juan Domingo Perón.
A media luz (1947)
Tango singer exploits the women in his life. Learns a valuable life-lesson. (more)
Tango singer exploits the women in his life. Learns a valuable life-lesson. (more)
El socio (1946)
A former singer, determined to succeed in business, comes up with a partner and just believing their existence. In the end, wake up ... (more)
A former singer, determined to succeed in business, comes up with a partner and just believing their existence. In the end, wake up ... (more)
La Fille de feu (1958)
Las tierras blancas (1959)
The miserable life of the inhabitants of a town in Santiago del Estero, between crime, revenge and drought. (more)
The miserable life of the inhabitants of a town in Santiago del Estero, between crime, revenge and drought. (more)
Historia del 900 (1949)
In the Buenos Aires of 1900, a man seeks to avenge the death of his brother, killed at the exit of a fight. (more)
In the Buenos Aires of 1900, a man seeks to avenge the death of his brother, killed at the exit of a fight. (more)
La calesita (1963)
When listening to a melody, an old man recalls moments of his childhood. (more)
When listening to a melody, an old man recalls moments of his childhood. (more)
Una cita con la vida (1958)
The love story between two teenagers, children of incomprehensible parents. (more)
The love story between two teenagers, children of incomprehensible parents. (more)
I Did Kill Facundo (1975)
The story of Santos Pérez, the man who murdered caudillo Facundo Quiroga in 1835. (more)
The story of Santos Pérez, the man who murdered caudillo Facundo Quiroga in 1835. (more)
The Vampire of Santiago (1955)
In seventeenth century's Chile a woman kills her lover because she wants to conquer a priest. (more)
In seventeenth century's Chile a woman kills her lover because she wants to conquer a priest. (more)
El último perro (1956)
During the second half of the 19th century, a young survivor is saved in the Argentine pampas by a man she ends up marrying. (more)
During the second half of the 19th century, a young survivor is saved in the Argentine pampas by a man she ends up marrying. (more)
Culpable (1960)
A criminal confronts the police by firing at them with a machine gun from the first floor of a villa on the outskirts of Buenos Aires and occasionally shooting down a policeman. The gunman has time to reflect, to load his gun, to run from one window to the other. ... (more)
A criminal confronts the police by firing at them with a machine gun from the first floor of a villa on the outskirts of Buenos Aires and occasionally shooting down a policeman. The gunman has time to reflect, to load his gun, to run from one window to the other. ... (more)
Amorina (1961)
A woman feels abandoned by her husband and children. (more)
A woman feels abandoned by her husband and children. (more)
Dark River (1952)
The Peralta brothers work in the countryside the Alto Paraná. There they will meet subhuman working conditions. Finally, the workers rise and harshly punish their exploiters. (more)
The Peralta brothers work in the countryside the Alto Paraná. There they will meet subhuman working conditions. Finally, the workers rise and harshly punish their exploiters. (more)
El último payador (1950)
The film tells the story of the payador José Betinotti, a mythical character in Argentine music. It faithfully reconstructs the scenarios of the early twentieth century: the workers' struggles, the party meetings of the caudillos and the circus criollo, the cradle ... (more)
The film tells the story of the payador José Betinotti, a mythical character in Argentine music. It faithfully reconstructs the scenarios of the early twentieth century: the workers' struggles, the party meetings of the caudillos and the circus criollo, the cradle ... (more)
La cumparsita (1947)
A young woman named Gloria, daughter of a Spanish immigrant, obtains great popularity in her neighborhood of Buenos Aires because of the way she interprets the tango. One day she enters a contest... (more)
A young woman named Gloria, daughter of a Spanish immigrant, obtains great popularity in her neighborhood of Buenos Aires because of the way she interprets the tango. One day she enters a contest... (more)
Surcos de sangre (1950)
Melodrama that tells the tragedy of a peasant family. (more)
Melodrama that tells the tragedy of a peasant family. (more)
La noche y tú (1946)
Tango singer exploits his popularity in high society to commit crimes. (more)
Tango singer exploits his popularity in high society to commit crimes. (more)
Esta tierra es mía (1961)
The life of the cotton workers in the Chaco and its struggle for wages. (more)
The life of the cotton workers in the Chaco and its struggle for wages. (more)
La sentencia (1964)
A young man discovers an infidelity and kills his wife. He was in love with this girl and had married her to get her out of a correctional institute. (more)
A young man discovers an infidelity and kills his wife. He was in love with this girl and had married her to get her out of a correctional institute. (more)
Good Night, Buenos Aires (1964)
Various musical episodes make up this film-magazine in which Del Carril tried to merge his two great passions: cinema and tango. (more)
Various musical episodes make up this film-magazine in which Del Carril tried to merge his two great passions: cinema and tango. (more)