Enrique Santos Discépolo

Writing

Enrique Santos Discépolo

Born 1901-03-26 · Buenos Aires, Argentina.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Enrique Santos Discépolo was an Argentine tango composer and lyricist, author of famous tangos such as "Cambalache" and many others performed by several of the most important singers of his time, amongst them notably Carlos Gardel. He was also a film actor, director and screenwriter.

Acting credits

Mateo poster
10.0

Cars and progress made an old carriage-driver jobless and so desperate that he becomes a gangster. When his own son starts a life of crime, he repents and gives himself to the authorities. When he lives prison, he will be happy to rejoin his family, as his son repented, too.

Mateo

1937

Muñeca poster
NR

Mario Soffici's first introduction to film direction. Short made in 16mm, where he adapted some scenes from Armando Discepolo's script "Muñeca" as an experiment to compare the differences between theater and film. It was recorded in the dressing room courtyard of Teatro Avenida de Mendoza.

Muñeca

1927

Así cantaba Carlos Gardel poster
8.5

A film that brings together ten of the fifteen shorts that Carlos Gardel filmed in 1930 under the direction of Eduardo Morera, in the film studios of the pioneer Federico Valle.

Así cantaba Carlos Gardel

1935

El hincha poster
8.5

A mechanical worker and football fanatic finds the meaning of life in encouraging, following and collaborating with the club that he loves, to the point of indefinitely postponing the marriage with his eternal girlfriend.

El hincha

1951

...Y mañana serán hombres poster
6.0

A man who is a director of a reformatory is slowly gaining everyone's trust.

...Y mañana serán hombres

1939

Yo no elegí mi vida poster
6.0

Noir hero tries to avoid being arrested while he tracks down papers that will prove his innocence.

Yo no elegí mi vida

1949

Cuatro corazones poster
7.0

The perverse owner of a cabaret gets redemption by sacrificing himself for the happiness of others.

Cuatro corazones

1939

Yira, yira poster
9.0

Carlos Gardel and guitars performing "Yira, yira", tango composed and written by Enrique Santos Discépolo.

Yira, yira

1930

No artwork available
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Melodías porteñas

1937

Behind the camera

No artwork available
6.8

A millionaire appoints an administrator to control his daughter's overspending.

Caprichosa y millonaria

1940

No artwork available
6.8

A millionaire appoints an administrator to control his daughter's overspending.

Caprichosa y millonaria

1940

Un señor mucamo poster
7.0

Well-to-do idler loses his fortune, ends up going to night-school and working as butler for a wealthy family. Still posing as a rich toff, he courts a young lady who turns out to be the daughter of his employer.

Un señor mucamo

1940

Un señor mucamo poster
7.0

Well-to-do idler loses his fortune, ends up going to night-school and working as butler for a wealthy family. Still posing as a rich toff, he courts a young lady who turns out to be the daughter of his employer.

Un señor mucamo

1940

El hincha poster
8.5

A mechanical worker and football fanatic finds the meaning of life in encouraging, following and collaborating with the club that he loves, to the point of indefinitely postponing the marriage with his eternal girlfriend.

El hincha

1951

Yo no elegí mi vida poster
6.0

Noir hero tries to avoid being arrested while he tracks down papers that will prove his innocence.

Yo no elegí mi vida

1949

En la luz de una estrella poster
9.0

A successful tango singer struggles to cope with the demands and opportunities of fame.

En la luz de una estrella

1941

En la luz de una estrella poster
9.0

A successful tango singer struggles to cope with the demands and opportunities of fame.

En la luz de una estrella

1941

Cuatro corazones poster
7.0

The perverse owner of a cabaret gets redemption by sacrificing himself for the happiness of others.

Cuatro corazones

1939

Cuatro corazones poster
7.0

The perverse owner of a cabaret gets redemption by sacrificing himself for the happiness of others.

Cuatro corazones

1939

Yira, yira poster
9.0

Carlos Gardel and guitars performing "Yira, yira", tango composed and written by Enrique Santos Discépolo.

Yira, yira

1930

Cándida, la mujer del año poster
7.0

After being decorated for a meritorious act, Cándida finds herself involved in the activities of some scammers who try to use her fame.

Cándida, la mujer del año

1943

Cándida, la mujer del año poster
7.0

After being decorated for a meritorious act, Cándida finds herself involved in the activities of some scammers who try to use her fame.

Cándida, la mujer del año

1943

No artwork available
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Melodías porteñas

1937

Fantasmas en Buenos Aires poster
8.0

A counterfeiting gang implicate a bank employee in their crimes, but their cover-story about a ghost in the house where they do their printing backfires on them.

Fantasmas en Buenos Aires

1942