The Gaucho and the Devil

El Gaucho y el diablo
El Gaucho y el diablo
	Film poster
Directed by	Ernesto Remani
Written by	José María Fernández Unsáin
Based on	The Bottle Imp; by Robert Louis Stevenson
Starring	Juan José Míguez; Elisa Galvé; Francisco Martínez Allende; Elina Colomer;
Cinematography	Álvaro Durañona y Vedia
Edited by	Antonio Ripoll
Music by	Peter Kreuder
Production; company	Emelco
Distributed by	Interamericana
Release date	3 November 1952 (Argentina);
Running time	83 minutes
Country	Argentina
Language	Spanish
Budget	$275,000

El Gaucho y el diablo (The Gaucho and the Devil) is a 1952 Argentine drama film of the classical era of Argentine cinema, directed by Ernesto Remani, based on a script by José María Fernández Unsain,^[2]^[3] who adapted it from the 1891 short story "The Bottle Imp", by Robert Louis Stevenson.^[4] The film stars Juan José Míguez, Elisa Galvé, Francisco Martínez Allende, and Elina Colomer.^[2]

Synopsis

A rancher makes a pact with the devil to find happiness and love.

Cast

Juan José Míguez
Elisa Galvé
Francisco Martínez Allende
Elina Colomer
Raúl del Valle
Víctor Ferrari
César Fiaschi
Audón López
Cristina Pall
Blanca del Prado

Production

Production of El gaucho y el diablo commenced in October 1950.^[5]

Reception

La Razón said of the film: "A failed attempt...the lack of laboratories for developing the film, a technical aspect that had to be completed abroad, had a decisive influence. This resulted in a series of defects in the editing and an appreciable lack of unity in the layout."^[6]

References

^ "Costliest Arg Pic". Variety. 19 July 1950. p. 14.
^ ^a ^b "El Gaucho y el diablo" (in Spanish). Cinenacional.com. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
^ Continente (in Spanish). Editorial los Dos. 1951. p. 129.
^ Cuadernos de cultura (in Spanish). 1953. p. 122.
^ España, Claudio (2005). Cine argentino modernidad y vanguardias, 1957/1983 (in Spanish). Fondo Nacional de las Artes. p. 396. ISBN 9789509807884.
^ Manrupe, Raúl; Portela, María Alejandra (2001). Un diccionario de films argentinos (1930–1995) (in Spanish). Buenos Aires: Ediciones Corregidor. p. 234. ISBN 950-05-0896-6.

External links

The Gaucho and the Devil at IMDb

[1] "Costliest Arg Pic". Variety. 19 July 1950. p. 14.

[Cinenacional-2] "El Gaucho y el diablo" (in Spanish). Cinenacional.com. Retrieved 13 October 2022.

[3] Continente (in Spanish). Editorial los Dos. 1951. p. 129.

[4] Cuadernos de cultura (in Spanish). 1953. p. 122.

[5] España, Claudio (2005). Cine argentino modernidad y vanguardias, 1957/1983 (in Spanish). Fondo Nacional de las Artes. p. 396. ISBN 9789509807884.

[diccionario-6] Manrupe, Raúl; Portela, María Alejandra (2001). Un diccionario de films argentinos (1930–1995) (in Spanish). Buenos Aires: Ediciones Corregidor. p. 234. ISBN 950-05-0896-6.

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