El Fin de la noche

El Fin de la noche
Directed by Alberto de Zavalía
Produced by Francisco Cárdenas
Written by Carlos Aden
Hugo MacDougall
Starring Libertad Lamarque
Music by Paul Misraki
Cinematography Vicente Cosentino
Distributed by Distribuidora Panamericana
Release dates
 1 November 1944[1]
Running time
 94 minutes
Country Argentina
Language Spanish

El Fin de la noche (English: End of the Night) is a 1944 Argentine film. The movie is notable for being an anti-Nazi film made in neutral Argentina in the course of World War II and set in occupied France.[2] Shot from August to November 1943,[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 daughter's safety.

Cast

Notes

  1. ↑ Manrupe, Raúl; Portela, María Alejandra (2001). Un diccionario de films argentinos (1930-1995). Editorial Corregidor, p. 232. ISBN 950-05-0896-6 (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 (Spanish)
  4. ↑ Historia del Cine Argentino (Spanish)
  5. ↑ Tangos and Legends

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