Homero Manzi

Writing

Homero Manzi

Place of birth

Añatuya, Santiago del Estero, Argentina

Known for

Writing

Credits

23 titles

Homero Manzi (1907–1951), whose birth name was Homero Nicolás Manzione, was an Argentine poet, politician, tango lyricist, screenwriter and film director.

Known for

Behind the camera

Huella poster
10.0

In 1840, a caravan of carts headed from Buenos Aires to Córdoba carrying merchandise, ammunition and prisoners, against the background of the struggles between the Unitarians and the Federalists.

Huella

1940

Fortín alto poster
NR

Set in 1874, the son of a mitrista accompanies a herd of cattle whose sale will allow to buy weapons.

Fortín alto

1941

Donde mueren las palabras poster
6.2

An old timbal performer in a puppet theater has a secret past.

Donde mueren las palabras

1946

Nunca te diré adiós poster
9.0

The passionate love of a married woman and a single man.

Nunca te diré adiós

1947

With music in the soul poster
7.0

An orchestra director had a son as a result of an affair in his youth and hides the fact from his wife. But the young man succeeds as a musician and the truth soon comes to light.

With music in the soul

1951

Rosa de América poster
6.5

The life of Saint Rosa de Lima.

Rosa de América

1946

Confesión poster
7.5

Group of tango musicians picks up an aspiring young chanteuse at one of their whistle stop engagements; film focuses on their collective path to stardom, romantic conflicts between the woman and two guys in the band and some peripheral crime-drama stuff.

Confesión

1940

Su mejor alumno poster
8.0

The film tells the story of the natural son of a former president of Argentina and father of public education in the country, Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, named Domingo, according to the first autobiographical accounts.

Su mejor alumno

1944

No artwork available
8.0

It narrates the struggle of a rural worker to rescue the daughter of a farmer from the clutches of a wicked foreman.

Nobleza gaucha

1937

Eclipse de sol poster
7.6

A vaudeville singer secretly marries a wealthy landowner, who soon returns to his ranch, fearing the rejection of his snobbish family. To teach him a lesson, she shows up at his estancia pretending to be a maid.

Eclipse de sol

1943

Pobre mi madre querida poster
6.0

Contrary to the principles of his mother and sister, a boy falls in love with a woman of light life.

Pobre mi madre querida

1948

Pobre mi madre querida poster
6.0

Contrary to the principles of his mother and sister, a boy falls in love with a woman of light life.

Pobre mi madre querida

1948

Con el dedo en el gatillo poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

Con el dedo en el gatillo

1940

The Gaucho War poster
6.7

The story of the irregular forces on the north of Argentina, fighting against the Spanish Crown for the independence.

The Gaucho War

1942

El último payador poster
7.8

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 of Argentine theater and music.

El último payador

1950

El último payador poster
7.8

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 of Argentine theater and music.

El último payador

1950

El camino de las llamas poster
9.0

A Chilean spy pretends to love an Indian woman, the only one who knows a secret passage in the Andes mountain range.

El camino de las llamas

1942

The Old Skinflint poster
9.0

An Italian immigrant accumulates wealth for their children, all consider him a miserable, until one day one of her children gives a very big disappointment and dies of a heart attack. Their children begin to spend the fortune he had amassed his father.

The Old Skinflint

1942

Como tú lo soñaste poster
7.0

A woman imagines that his son born after a one-night encounter with a butcher is actually from a renowned musician.

Como tú lo soñaste

1947

A Real Man poster
6.5

A foreign woman marries a rich man.

A Real Man

1943

No artwork available
9.0

The story of different episodes that happen in each of the sections of a newspaper.

Ceniza al viento

1942

De padre desconocido poster
6.8

A single mother is unjustly detained by the police. A lawyer, son of the judge in the case, falls in love with her.

De padre desconocido

1949

Escuela de campeones poster
9.0

It is the reconstruction of the history of the Buenos Aires English High School and of the legendary Alumni club, made up of its students, who dominated Argentine football in the first decade of the 20th century and its president, Alejandro Watson Hutton, The first president of the Argentine Football Association, considered the father of Argentine football.

Escuela de campeones

1950