Lucas Demare

Directing

Lucas Demare

Born 1910-07-11 · Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Lucas Demare was an Argentine film director, screenwriter and film producer prominent in Argentine Cinema during the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s. At the 1943 Argentine Film Critics Association Awards, Demare won Silver Condor awards for Best Director, Best Film and numerous other awards for The Gaucho War (1942), a film which is considered by critics in Argentina to be one of the best films in its history. He won further awards including Best Film and Director for Su mejor alumno (1944) at the 1945 Argentine Film Critics Association Awards. In 1964, he was a member of the jury at the 14th Berlin International Film Festival. He died of a heart attack at the age of 71 in 1981. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Acting credits

Behind the camera

La cuna vacía poster
7.0

The film begins with some sequences related to the youth of Dr. Ricardo Gutiérrez, his arrival in Buenos Aires from his native Arrecifes, his law studies and a double frustration, as a writer and in his crush on a young woman who loved another man.

La cuna vacía

1949

Savage Pampas poster
7.1

In a fort in the middle of the Pampa, their commander Hilario Castro decides to bring women from Buenos Aires to prevent deserting soldiers.

Savage Pampas

1945

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

Mi esqueleto poster
7.0

Believing that he is about to die, a man sells his skeleton for science.

Mi esqueleto

1959

The Islanders poster
6.8

Leandro and Carancha inhabit the islands located in the Parana delta. When their son brings home a girlfriend, her presence makes Carancha jealous and dramatic consequences ensue.

The Islanders

1951

The Islanders poster
6.8

Leandro and Carancha inhabit the islands located in the Parana delta. When their son brings home a girlfriend, her presence makes Carancha jealous and dramatic consequences ensue.

The Islanders

1951

El último perro poster
8.1

During the second half of the 19th century, a young survivor is saved in the Argentine pampas by a man she ends up marrying.

El último perro

1956

El último perro poster
8.1

During the second half of the 19th century, a young survivor is saved in the Argentine pampas by a man she ends up marrying.

El último perro

1956

Nunca te diré adiós poster
9.0

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

Nunca te diré adiós

1947

Después del silencio poster
9.0

A doctor is persecuted after treating a tortured man at a police station.

Después del silencio

1956

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

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

24 hours free poster
7.0

A millionaire woman is the victim of harassment by loan sharks and a journalist will do everything possible to rescue her.

24 hours free

1939

Plaza Huincul (Pozo uno) poster
7.0

The difficult, dangerous, and selfless work of an expedition that set out for the harsh and deserted Plaza Wincul Valley in search of oil.

Plaza Huincul (Pozo uno)

1960

Zafra poster
6.8

A social drama centered on the miserable conditions experencied by cane cutters in Argentina's north.

Zafra

1959

Mi noche triste poster
8.0

The plot reflects the figure of Pascual Contursi, tango poet. In love with a singer, he leaves his wife and son to go with her. Some time later, the singer leaves him and he composes the tango that gives the film its title.

Mi noche triste

1952

Mi noche triste poster
8.0

The plot reflects the figure of Pascual Contursi, tango poet. In love with a singer, he leaves his wife and son to go with her. Some time later, the singer leaves him and he composes the tango that gives the film its title.

Mi noche triste

1952

La pícara cenicienta poster
NR

A young woman must take shelter one rainy afternoon in the house of the writer with whom she is in love.

La pícara cenicienta

1951

Humo de marihuana poster
6.0

A doctor is involved in substance trafficking while investigating the death of his wife.

Humo de marihuana

1968

Humo de marihuana poster
6.0

A doctor is involved in substance trafficking while investigating the death of his wife.

Humo de marihuana

1968

El hijo del barrio poster
9.5

A young man who travels from the country to he city to study law has economic hardship until he receives help from a neighbor.

El hijo del barrio

1940

Detrás de un largo muro poster
7.3

A young girl from a small town migrates to the capital of Buenos Aires, only to find a home in the slum area of the city.

Detrás de un largo muro

1958

Pájaro loco poster
8.4

A gambling priest opposes a group of scammers.

Pájaro loco

1971

Pájaro loco poster
8.4

A gambling priest opposes a group of scammers.

Pájaro loco

1971