Catrano Catrani

Directing

Catrano Catrani

Born — Died

1910-10-31 — 1974-12-19

Place of birth

Città di Castello, Umbria, Italy

Known for

Directing

Credits

28 titles

Catrano M. Catrani (October 31, 1910 — December 19, 1974) was an Italian-Argentine film director and producer. Catrani was born in 1910 in Città di Castello, Umbria, Italy. He studied film at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in Rome. He emigrated to Argentina in 1937 and settled in Buenos Aires, where he joined San Miguel Studios. He directed many short advertising films and documentaries, and in 1942 he completed his first major work, the comedy En el último piso with Zully Moreno as the lead. His first big success was Alto Paraná, a costumbrista comedy screenwritten by novelist Velmiro Ayala Gauna, with Ubaldo Martínez in the lead role as Frutos Gómez, a sardonic and astute poli…

Known for

Film credits

Behind the camera

The Furies poster
7.5

Five women whose lives revolve around an absent man constantly battle each other in their decaying old mansion.

The Furies

1960

Álamos talados poster
7.0

Alberto, a young adolescent from Buenos Aires, is going to spend his vacations at his grandmother's farm in San Rafel, Mendoza. Idyllic site witnessed the awakening of the protagonist's sexuality and the economic ruin of the family. Between adolescence and maturity, seeking love and the path of his vocation, in ruthless struggle with himself he will learn in the hardest way the meaning of life and responsibility.

Álamos talados

1960

Álamos talados poster
7.0

Alberto, a young adolescent from Buenos Aires, is going to spend his vacations at his grandmother's farm in San Rafel, Mendoza. Idyllic site witnessed the awakening of the protagonist's sexuality and the economic ruin of the family. Between adolescence and maturity, seeking love and the path of his vocation, in ruthless struggle with himself he will learn in the hardest way the meaning of life and responsibility.

Álamos talados

1960

Santiago querido! poster
NR

A rich man protects an orphan and her donkey but she must be sacrificed as a result of an accident

Santiago querido!

1965

I Was Born In The Ribera poster
10.0

A born soccer player leaves his town and his family to become a professional footballer. He has stardom, money, and a beautiful model, but realizes he left behind the important values that helped him achieve his success.

I Was Born In The Ribera

1972

I Was Born In The Ribera poster
10.0

A born soccer player leaves his town and his family to become a professional footballer. He has stardom, money, and a beautiful model, but realizes he left behind the important values that helped him achieve his success.

I Was Born In The Ribera

1972

Los hijos del otro poster
9.0

A mother hires a psychologist to be the father of 3 children, and he performs his role excellently, providing affection.

Los hijos del otro

1947

Codicia poster
7.0

A man kills another man because of an old dispute and keeps the gold that the dead one had on him.

Codicia

1955

Codicia poster
7.0

A man kills another man because of an old dispute and keeps the gold that the dead one had on him.

Codicia

1955

Codicia poster
7.0

A man kills another man because of an old dispute and keeps the gold that the dead one had on him.

Codicia

1955

Tacuara y Chamorro, pichones de hombres poster
NR

The antics of two children who live in a ranch.

Tacuara y Chamorro, pichones de hombres

1967

Tacuara y Chamorro, pichones de hombres poster
NR

The antics of two children who live in a ranch.

Tacuara y Chamorro, pichones de hombres

1967

Upper Paraná poster
7.0

A commissioner from Corrientes solves cases according to his own system. Based on the novel "Los casos de don Frutos Gómez", by Velmiro Ayala Gauna.

Upper Paraná

1958

Upper Paraná poster
7.0

A commissioner from Corrientes solves cases according to his own system. Based on the novel "Los casos de don Frutos Gómez", by Velmiro Ayala Gauna.

Upper Paraná

1958

Upper Paraná poster
7.0

A commissioner from Corrientes solves cases according to his own system. Based on the novel "Los casos de don Frutos Gómez", by Velmiro Ayala Gauna.

Upper Paraná

1958

South of the 42nd parallel poster
8.0

Two young women taking charge of a sheep ranch, a doctor, an aging cabaret girl and a priest but heads with some wild-west style bandits who are terrorizing a part off back-country Patagonia.

South of the 42nd parallel

1955

South of the 42nd parallel poster
8.0

Two young women taking charge of a sheep ranch, a doctor, an aging cabaret girl and a priest but heads with some wild-west style bandits who are terrorizing a part off back-country Patagonia.

South of the 42nd parallel

1955

Los secretos del buzón poster
10.0

The theft of a village mailbox wreaks havoc on the relationships and secrets of its neighbors.

Los secretos del buzón

1948

En el último piso poster
8.0

By trying to maintain her millionaire appearance, a young woman goes through a series of entanglements and finds a love that is also millionaire.

En el último piso

1942

El último montonero poster
8.0

The last actions of the Riojan caudillo Chacho Peñaloza until his death and beheading.

El último montonero

1963

El último montonero poster
8.0

The last actions of the Riojan caudillo Chacho Peñaloza until his death and beheading.

El último montonero

1963

¿De quiénes son las mujeres? poster
10.0

A whole tranquil town in Chaco gets shaken up by the arrival of a femme fatale.

¿De quiénes son las mujeres?

1972

Llegó la niña Ramona poster
7.0

A student's aunt comes from the province to investigate her conduct.

Llegó la niña Ramona

1945

La comedia inmortal poster
9.0

The most famous lovers of world literature help a librarian to realize her love for a young man.

La comedia inmortal

1951

Lejos del cielo poster
10.0

A doctor with political ambitions leaves his humble fiancée on the eve of the wedding to marry a rich woman.

Lejos del cielo

1950

Mujeres en sombra poster
NR

A bigame woman, a complicated maid with shady facts, and a rip-off against a wealthy man attempted by an alleged son.

Mujeres en sombra

1951