Albéniz (film)

Albéniz
Albéniz
	Theatrical poster
Directed by	Luis César Amadori
Written by
Produced by	Luis César Amadori
Starring	Pedro López Lagar; Sabina Olmos
Cinematography	Antonio Merayo
Edited by	Jorge Gárate
Music by	Isaac Albéniz
Distributed by	Argentina Sono Film
Release date	4 February 1947
Running time	125 minutes
Country	Argentina
Language	Spanish

Albéniz is a 1947 black-and-white Argentine Silver Condor award-winning biographical drama film directed by Luis César Amadori and written by [es]. The film is based on the life of Spanish composer and pianist, Isaac Albéniz.

The film stars Pedro López Lagar and Sabina Olmos. It won the Silver Condor Award for Best Film and numerous other awards, given by the Argentine Film Critics Association in 1948 for the best picture of the previous year.^[1]

Cast[]

Pedro López Lagar as Isaac Albéniz
Sabina Olmos
Marisa Regules
Pedro Aleandro
[es]
[es]
Mercedes Díaz
Susana Canales
[es]
Eduardo Otero
María Esther Podestá
Lilian Valmar
Berta Ortegosa
Adolfo Linvel
[es]
Pastora Soler
César Fiaschi
Eugenio Nigro
[es]
[es]

Release and acclaim[]

The film won the Argentine Film Critics Association Award, the Silver Condor, for best film in 1948. It was also one of the main entries at the 2nd Locarno Film Festival in Switzerland.

The Argentine Academy of Cinematography Arts and Sciences gave several awards for this film:^[2]

Best Picture: Argentina Sono Film
Best Director: Luis César Amadori
Best Actor: Pedro López Lagar
Special mentions: Pedro Miguel Obligado (guionista), Sabina Olmos (actriz), Raúl Soldi (escenógrafo), Guillermo Cases (director musical), Antonio Merayo (director de fotografía), Mario Fezia (operador de cámara), José María Paleo (sonidista), Jorge Garate (montajista) and Roque Giacovino (director de fotografía)

References[]

^ "Los ganadores, año por año" (in Spanish). Cine.ar. Archived from the original on August 13, 2014. Retrieved May 27, 2014.
^ "ARCHIVO · Premios Anuales 1941–1953" (in Spanish). Academia de Artes y Ciencias Cinematográficas. Archived from the original on May 31, 2014. Retrieved May 30, 2014.

External links[]

Albéniz at IMDb
Albéniz at cinenacional.com (in Spanish)

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[1] "Los ganadores, año por año" (in Spanish). Cine.ar. Archived from the original on August 13, 2014. Retrieved May 27, 2014.

[2] "ARCHIVO · Premios Anuales 1941–1953" (in Spanish). Academia de Artes y Ciencias Cinematográficas. Archived from the original on May 31, 2014. Retrieved May 30, 2014.

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v t Films directed by Luis César Amadori
1930s	Puerto nuevo (1936) (1937) The Newsie and the Lady (1938) Maestro Levita (1938) Honeysuckle (1938) Palabra de honor (1939) Caminito de Gloria (1939)
1940s	El Haragán de la familia (1940) Educating Niní (1940) (1941) The Song of the Suburbs (1941) Girls Orchestra (1941) (1941) The Third Kiss (1942) (1942) Bajó un ángel del cielo (1942) (1942) (1942) Son cartas de amor (1943) (1943) Carmen (1943) Apasionadamente (1944) Two Angels and a Sinner (1945) (1945) Saint Candida (1945) (1946) Albéniz (1947) The Headless Woman (1947) God Reward You (1948) (1949) (1949) (1949) Almafuerte (1949)
1950s	(1950) Nacha Regules (1950) (1951) María Montecristo (1951) Me casé con una estrella (1951) (1952) La de los ojos color del tiempo (1952) La pasión desnuda (1953) El Grito sagrado (1954) Caídos en el infierno (1954) El barro humano (1955) Love Never Dies (1955) Amor prohibido (1958) The Violet Seller (1958) (1958) (1959) Where Are You Going, Alfonso XII? (1959)
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