Luis Arata
Actor · 1895 – 1967 · Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Luis Arata (1895-1967) was a classic Argentine stage, film and television actor. He was one of the most renowned actors during the first years of Argentina's sound cinema, thanks to his previous popularity as a theater actor.
Movies15
Movie10.0DramaCars and progress made an old carriage-driver jobless and so desperate that he becomes a gangster. When his own son starts a life of crime, he repents and gives himself to the authorities. When he lives prison, he will be happy to rejoin his family, as his son repented, too.
Mateo
1937 · 1 votes
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Resaca
1916 · 1 votes
Movie6.2DramaCrimeA delinquent, the son of a police commissioner, leaves prison to seduce someone who should be like a sister to him: a girl raised and loved by his parents. To force her to give in to his obsession, he kidnaps her little daughter.
Movie9.5DramaTold in flashback, Federico lives in a poor neighbourhood with his siblings and his single mother, working helping in a local bar, he meets Claudio, who begins to lead him on an easy life making him abandon all his connections in consequence.
Movie10.0DramaWith his own money, Pappier produced this ambitious adaptation of Manuel Gálvez's "Miércoles Santo", whose release was delayed for three years due to political reasons. When it finally came out, it bombed, but its formal originality was mentioned even in unfavorable reviews. Later, it became a cursed film, impossible to see due to lack of prints. To date, it remains lost in great part.
El festín de Satanás
1958 · 1 votes
Movie7.0DramaComedyThe life of some circus people and how their lives are affected by melodramatic situations.
La muchacha del circo
1937 · 2 votes
Movie9.0ComedyDramaA mother hires a psychologist to be the father of 3 children, and he performs his role excellently, providing affection.
Los hijos del otro
1947 · 1 votes
Movie7.5DramaA gaucho kills a romantic rival in a duel, forcing him to flee.
Lo que le pasó a Reynoso
1937 · 2 votes
Movie9.0ComedyA group of homeless people pose as millionaires and occupy a luxurious house.
Los caballeros de cemento
1933 · 1 votes
Movie10.0ComedyScience FictionFive random people accidentally get dosed with an experimental psych-drug that suppresses fear and risk-avoidance.
Cinco gallinas y el cielo
1957 · 1 votes
Movie7.0DramaComedyGiácomo is an Italian man in his forties who is single, dedicated to earning money in his business. He strikes up a relationship with a Spanish singer, whose brother encourages her to conquer him to take her money.
Giácomo
1939 · 1 votes
Movie9.0DramaA prostitute persecuted by the police, receives the interested protection of a greedy merchant. He takes refuge in his house one night and meets his nephew, a sensitive boy who wants to be a musician.
La morocha
1958 · 1 votes
Movie6.4ComedyMusicThe members of a Buenos Aires family have three hobbies — "berretines" in Buenos Aires slang — that keep them apart of their duties. Because of that, the family business is going down, and the only one who is concerned is the father, who hopes for his fourth son, an architect, to save the situation.
- Movie9.0Drama
The story of different episodes that happen in each of the sections of a newspaper.
Ceniza al viento
1942 · 1 votes
Movie7.5ComedyTo get her father, a sailor, out of his depression, his daughter and his doctor make him believe there is a hidden treasure.
El tesoro de la isla Maciel
1941 · 2 votes