
Directing
Lucas Demare
Born — Died
1910-07-11 — 1981-09-06
Place of birth
Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Known for
Directing
Credits
45 titles
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…
Known for
10.0One of Spain's earliest sound film successes. Now considered lost.
Boliche
1933
6.8Leandro 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
7.1In 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
9.0The passionate love of a married woman and a single man.
Nunca te diré adiós
1947
7.0The 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
6.7The story of the irregular forces on the north of Argentina, fighting against the Spanish Crown for the independence.
The Gaucho War
1942
Film credits
1960s · 2 titles
1940s · 2 titles
6.7The story of the irregular forces on the north of Argentina, fighting against the Spanish Crown for the independence.
The Gaucho War
1942
7.0Institutional short film planned and directed by Arturo S. Mom for the First Argentine Film Festival in Mar del Plata. The film shows the technical process by which an Argentine film is produced and emphasizes the professionalism and power of the national film industry. In this way, the story explains in a pedagogical way what is a script, a frame, a camera, a set sketch and a projected background, among others, and how a scene and the soundtrack of a film are recorded.
How to Make an Argentine Film
1948
Behind the camera
6.8Leandro 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
6.8Leandro 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
7.1In 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
9.0The passionate love of a married woman and a single man.
Nunca te diré adiós
1947
7.0The 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
6.7The story of the irregular forces on the north of Argentina, fighting against the Spanish Crown for the independence.
The Gaucho War
1942
9.5A 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
7.0The 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
8.0The 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
NRA young woman must take shelter one rainy afternoon in the house of the writer with whom she is in love.
La pícara cenicienta
1951
9.0No synopsis available yet.
El seductor de Granada
1953
9.0No synopsis available yet.
El seductor de Granada
1953
7.0A millionaire woman is the victim of harassment by loan sharks and a journalist will do everything possible to rescue her.
24 hours free
1939
10.0No synopsis available yet.
La cigarra está que arde
1967
10.0No synopsis available yet.
La cigarra está que arde
1967
7.2A 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
8.1During 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
8.1During 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
7.0Believing that he is about to die, a man sells his skeleton for science.
Mi esqueleto
1959
6.0A doctor is involved in substance trafficking while investigating the death of his wife.
Humo de marihuana
1968
6.0A doctor is involved in substance trafficking while investigating the death of his wife.
Humo de marihuana
1968
10.0Two young men from the radio environment dispute for the love of a girl.
Dos amigos y un amor
1938
10.0Two young men from the radio environment dispute for the love of a girl.
Dos amigos y un amor
1938
9.0A doctor is persecuted after treating a tortured man at a police station.
Después del silencio
1956
9.0The life of José Gabriel Brochero, the Cordovan priest who dedicated his life to those most in need.
The Gaucho Priest
1941
9.0An 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
6.0The adventures of a movie stuntman when the actor he was supposed to replace is murdered.
La culpa la tuvo el otro
1950
6.0The adventures of a movie stuntman when the actor he was supposed to replace is murdered.
La culpa la tuvo el otro
1950
8.0A group of youngsters, encouraged by their teacher, starts with guerrilla actions.
Los guerrilleros
1965
8.0A group of youngsters, encouraged by their teacher, starts with guerrilla actions.
Los guerrilleros
1965
9.0A vagabond saves the child of a rich family. They adopt him and try to impose to him their values and protocols.
Chingolo
1940
6.5The most aristocratic woman of the town is seduced by a Turkish man.
Corazón de turco
1940
8.0The 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
8.0The 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
7.0A 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 handsome newcomer in a village marries a local girl. A year or so later an abandoned baby is left on the couple's doorstep, a baby the man had with another woman. They decide to raise the kid along with the one they had together.
Guacho
1954
A handsome newcomer in a village marries a local girl. A year or so later an abandoned baby is left on the couple's doorstep, a baby the man had with another woman. They decide to raise the kid along with the one they had together.
Guacho
1954
8.4A gambling priest opposes a group of scammers.
Pájaro loco
1971
8.4A gambling priest opposes a group of scammers.
Pájaro loco
1971
6.8A social drama centered on the miserable conditions experencied by cane cutters in Argentina's north.
Zafra
1959

