
Acting
Guillermo Battaglia
Born — Died
1899-12-02 — 1988-09-26
Place of birth
Buenos Aires City, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Known for
Acting
Credits
60 titles
Guillermo Battaglia (December 7, 1899, Buenos Aires - September 26, 1988, Buenos Aires) was a prolific Argentine theatre and film actor with a 70-year career and some 100 film appearances.
Known for
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La novia
1955
7.5Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1983. In the last and turbulent days of the military dictatorship, Alicia, a high school history teacher, begins to ask uncomfortable questions about the dark origins of Gaby, her adopted daughter.
The Official Story
1985
NRA woman robs the authoritarian boss of a criminal gang and then falls in love with a buddy.
Los hampones
1961
8.0For ambition a woman sacrifices her true love and marries a man of fortune.
Descent Into Hell
1954
7.4The story about a family that must maintain an insatiable grandmother.
Grandma
1979
9.0Chronicle of the struggle of the first settlers of southern Argentina against the Indian rustlers and landowners.
Los troperos
1953
Film credits
1980s · 5 titles
7.5Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1983. In the last and turbulent days of the military dictatorship, Alicia, a high school history teacher, begins to ask uncomfortable questions about the dark origins of Gaby, her adopted daughter.
The Official Story
1985
5.5A criminal escapes from a court, with help of three miscreants, to find his lifelong friend, who is terminally ill. The police officer catch knows there is a hidden loot involved.
Nights Without Moons and Suns
1984
9.0An actor exiled by the dictatorship, back to his country again and is reunited with his friends.
Los días de junio
1985
6.3A prostitute tries to communicate with one of her lovers who died in a duel, but who appears to him is his other lover, greater than the previous one, died in the same duel.
The Fridays of Eternity
1981
6.1Mirta is a university student in Buenos Aires, in the politicized Argentina of 1974. After the 1976 coup d'état, she and her boyfriend are forced into exile in Stockholm. The exile will contribute to the destruction of the couple, and Mirta must then find her own path.
Sentimientos: Mirta, de Liniers a Estambul
1987
1970s · 5 titles
7.4The story about a family that must maintain an insatiable grandmother.
Grandma
1979
6.3Daniel is a young medical student. He lives in a student pension called "The Star" next to a group of student friends like him. Daniel is going to try to have his mother reconcile with his grandmother.
Destino de un capricho
1972
7.7Some years from the life of a neighborhood tough in Buenos Aires around 1915.
Amalio Reyes, un hombre
1970
7.0A woman from the country moves into to the big city of Buenos Aires to start a new life. Things are not going very easy and she soon finds herself working as a prostitute.
Intimacies of a Prostitute
1974
9.5The foreman of a ranch, secretly in love with the owner, tries to protect her from the gold diggers.
Joven, viuda y estanciera
1970
1960s · 15 titles
NRA woman robs the authoritarian boss of a criminal gang and then falls in love with a buddy.
Los hampones
1961
7.0Movie divided in three episodes: a family mother becomes a successful singer; an Argentinian reporter follows a Spanish cupletista from the beginning of the XX century; the reunion of three old actors and their lies about their success.
Ritmo nuevo, vieja ola
1965
7.0Pepe receives a notebook from his great-uncle containing the formula for making an atomic bomb. When some specialists dedicated to science discover it, they begin to send people to steal it.
Patapúfete
1967
7.0To prevent his father from finding out he has secretly married, a young man from a wealthy family disguises his wife as a maid. Members of the Clan Club, visiting the house, also disguise themselves as servants.
El club del clan
1964
7.0A young woman from Lima, tormented by the dream of a previous life, repeats it again when she meets a man.
Un viaje al más allá
1964
8.0In the delta islands of the Paraná, a woman is the object of desire of the village's men.
La potranca
1960
5.5A movie director forces her actress wife not to practice her profession, so she escapes.
Una máscara para Ana
1966
4.3The vicissitudes of six different couples who arrive at a hostel in Buenos Aires called La Cigarra and are quarantined because of a supposed bubonic plague, causing all kinds of inconveniences and entanglements as a result of this forced coexistence.
The Games Men Play
1963
5.5In a rural setting, the chronicle of a woman with too many love demands.
Fuego en la sangre
1965
7.2The romance between a young man from a wealthy family and the dancer from a place of fun.
Yesterday's Boys Didn't Use Hair Fixers
1969
6.3No synopsis available yet.
Deliciosamente amoral
1969
10.0No synopsis available yet.
El día que me quieras
1969
6.5Different stories that take place in a hotel for a temporary shelter for couples.
Hotel alojamiento
1966
7.0El Gordo Villanueva is capable of anything in order to live comfortably, but without working.
El gordo Villanueva
1964
7.0A man has a street accident with his car in his way to Buenos Aires. While he waits for his car repairing, this business man learns that everybody in the little town where he's stuck seem to know about his wife Mónica. He knows little about her past, but the reactions of the townsfolk towards him range from laughing at his back to practically don't want him around. He won't leave the town until he could learn more about the secret past of his wife. But the former life of the young beautiful mother of his daughter involves a turbulent story.
Buscando a Mónica
1962
1950s · 18 titles
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La novia
1955
8.0For ambition a woman sacrifices her true love and marries a man of fortune.
Descent Into Hell
1954
9.0Chronicle of the struggle of the first settlers of southern Argentina against the Indian rustlers and landowners.
Los troperos
1953
7.2A young teen has been raised by a despotic mother overcome with religious zeal and a father who rules over the household with a heavy, iron hand. Forcibly kept innocent of the sexual nuances of some adult relationships, she is not too clear on her rights, his intentions, or the consequences when her father's best friend starts to lust after her.
The House of the Angel
1957
7.0A female singer who killed her husband in Cuba, takes refuge in Argentina and is chased by a policeman.
Cornered
1953
6.2A young boy travels by himself to reach his sick mother.
Dagli Appennini alle Ande
1959
8.0María has a powerful reason to hide the fact that she is Enrique's mother.
Blessed be you
1956
7.0A man kills another man because of an old dispute and keeps the gold that the dead one had on him.
Codicia
1955
8.5An old politician is claimed by his party to be a candidate in the next elections.
The Candidate
1959
8.3Filomena, a former prostitute in her 40s, tricks a wealthy shopkeeper to marry her and support her three children.
Filomena Marturano
1950
7.0Based on the novel by Roberto Vagni, it narrates the exploitation of loggers from Corrientes and Chaco by the English company La Forestal.
Tierra extraña
1951
7.1A crime writer searching for the truth about a personal tragedy becomes involved in a murder investigation.
The Beast Must Die
1952
9.0A man returns from hell to earth to redeem himself.
El regreso
1950
8.5A cabaret in Buenos Aires on Christmas night.
Vida nocturna
1955
NRShort film that promotes women's voting rights, legalized in Argentina in 1947.
La mujer puede y debe votar
1951
6.5From Emile Zola's novel "La Bete Humaine", tells the story of a jealous husband, a provocative woman and a man with an uncontrollable desire to kill.
La bestia humana
1957
10.0A priest is unjustly sentenced to death for a murder he did not commit. The surprise will be greater when he, while in prison, knows who the murderer is through the confession of his daughter.
Anguish of a Secret
1959
6.6The love affair of an ex-convict with a showgirl, unleashes the jealousy of his older, wealthy and unbalanced wife. A murder plot, staged phoney suicide and other twists and turns follow.
Missing Persons Section
1956
1940s · 17 titles
7.0The arbitrariness of an evil father leads his children to patricide.
Se abre el abismo
1945
6.1A murderer terrorizes the city of Buenos Aires by attacking on the streets on rainy days and always leaving a card with the name "S. López". A local boarding house full of eccentrics appears to house a possible suspect.
La muerte camina en la lluvia
1948
10.0Film set in the seaport, where two men fight for the love of a beautiful young girl.
The Crossroads
1947
7.0The relationship between an experienced woman and a youngster which develops in a passion and a further social rejection.
Safo, historia de una pasión
1943
NRAt the core of this enormously bleak melodrama, there is a beautiful, passionate woman (Florence Marly, Chenal's wife) who capriciously oscillates between two men (Chiola, De Paula), even though she knows her fate is fatally linked to one of them.
El viaje sin regreso
1946
7.0A six-time widowed man lives with his six mothers-in-law and is looking for a new wife.
Las seis suegras de Barba Azul
1945
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
6.6Young newlywed girl about to embark on her honeymoon persuades older family friend to assist her in an extensive search for her missing husband. A road-trip full of comical misadventures ensues.
Devil in the Flesh
1947
8.5In the 19th century, the son of a frivolous countess faces the rigors of a tragic life.
Las aventuras de Jack
1949
5.3On the night of his marriage, a young bourgeois man runs over a cyclist. He believes he is dead and hides the body. However, a mysterious character will later appear in his life.
The Corpse Breaks a Date
1944
7.5No synopsis available yet.
El hijo de la calle
1949
7.0A young woman from a small city is the desire of all foreigners.
La novia de los forasteros
1942
6.5The vicissitudes of the members of a Buenos Aires family facing their economic bankruptcy and the attitude of each one of them in the emergency.
Locos de verano
1942
7.7No synopsis available yet.
El que recibe las bofetadas
1947
6.0Noir hero tries to avoid being arrested while he tracks down papers that will prove his innocence.
Yo no elegí mi vida
1949
6.0A young man loses all his money by gambling and decides to commit suicide, but is interrupted by a mysterious man who invites him to join a suicide club, where, through letters, it is drawn who is going to die.
The Lady of Death
1946
6.3An architect who suffers an attack of epilepsy wakes up years later having become a famous writer next to getting married.
Los verdes paraísos
1947
