
Directing
Leopoldo Torres Ríos
Born — Died
1899-12-26 — 1960-04-10
Place of birth
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Known for
Directing
Credits
41 titles
Leopoldo Torres Ríos was an Argentine film director, one of the pioneers of Argentine cinema. He directed 37 films, between 1923 and 1959, including three silent films. He was characterized by his intimate gaze and his rejection of openly commercial films. He was also a photographer, tango lyricist and journalist. He was the father of the iconic film director Leopoldo Torre Nilsson.
Known for
10.0A gang of criminals takes advantage of a dog's intelligence to commit their misdeeds.
Faithful Love
1954
8.0No synopsis available yet.
El guapo del arrabal
1923
7.0A gaucho flees from justice for murdering a man with whom his girlfriend was betraying him. He settles in a place where he falls in love with a woman, also desired by the local commissioner.
Orca
1942
8.0No synopsis available yet.
Virgin field
1959
A 1920 film.
Palomas rubias
1920
8.3The love between two teenagers awakens.
Edad difícil
1956
Film credits
Behind the camera
10.0A gang of criminals takes advantage of a dog's intelligence to commit their misdeeds.
Faithful Love
1954
8.0No synopsis available yet.
El guapo del arrabal
1923
7.0A gaucho flees from justice for murdering a man with whom his girlfriend was betraying him. He settles in a place where he falls in love with a woman, also desired by the local commissioner.
Orca
1942
7.0A gaucho flees from justice for murdering a man with whom his girlfriend was betraying him. He settles in a place where he falls in love with a woman, also desired by the local commissioner.
Orca
1942
8.0No synopsis available yet.
Virgin field
1959
A 1920 film.
Palomas rubias
1920
8.3The love between two teenagers awakens.
Edad difícil
1956
8.3The love between two teenagers awakens.
Edad difícil
1956
7.0The repentance of a jailed man and the teachings to his son.
The Crossroads
1952
7.0The repentance of a jailed man and the teachings to his son.
The Crossroads
1952
9.0The romance between Paloma, the daughter of the owner of La Paloma tenement, and the handsome Villa Crespo.
The Dove's Tenement
1936
9.0The romance between Paloma, the daughter of the owner of La Paloma tenement, and the handsome Villa Crespo.
The Dove's Tenement
1936
8.5A gaucho kills a man in a duel and must flee.
Lo que le pasó a Reynoso
1955
8.5A gaucho kills a man in a duel and must flee.
Lo que le pasó a Reynoso
1955
8.5A gaucho kills a man in a duel and must flee.
Lo que le pasó a Reynoso
1955
9.0A man returns from hell to earth to redeem himself.
El regreso
1950
9.0A man returns from hell to earth to redeem himself.
El regreso
1950
9.0A man returns from hell to earth to redeem himself.
El regreso
1950
8.0The relationship between a suffered gauchito and a foal.
El nieto de Congreve
1949
8.0The relationship between a suffered gauchito and a foal.
El nieto de Congreve
1949
5.6Two boys who love basketball come into the confrontation, already big, for the love of a woman.
En cuerpo y alma
1953
5.6Two boys who love basketball come into the confrontation, already big, for the love of a woman.
En cuerpo y alma
1953
7.5A gaucho kills a romantic rival in a duel, forcing him to flee.
Lo que le pasó a Reynoso
1937
7.5A gaucho kills a romantic rival in a duel, forcing him to flee.
Lo que le pasó a Reynoso
1937
6.0A famous football player faces retirement, but his son is still his most faithful fan.
El hijo del crack
1953
6.0A famous football player faces retirement, but his son is still his most faithful fan.
El hijo del crack
1953
7.0No synopsis available yet.
De nuestras pampas
1923
A 1921 film.
La gaucha
1921
A 1921 film.
La gaucha
1921
9.0A young painter who frequents the poor neighborhoods looking for motifs for his works becomes the lover of a prostitute-singer.
La muchacha del arrabal
1922
10.0Film based on the sonnet by the same name, written by Evaristo Carriego.
La costurerita que dio aquel mal paso
1926
10.0A man pretends to be dead and his dying wish causes his wife to marry a drifter and lose her inheritance.
El hombre de las sorpresas
1949
7.0A waiter who uses gambling to help others.
El mozo número 13
1941
7.0A waiter who uses gambling to help others.
El mozo número 13
1941
7.4When the man her father wants to impose on her as a husband is coming home, a young woman changes her personality with her maid. The film is set in two periods, the contemporary to the realization and the times of Louis XV.
El juego del amor y del azar
1944
7.4When the man her father wants to impose on her as a husband is coming home, a young woman changes her personality with her maid. The film is set in two periods, the contemporary to the realization and the times of Louis XV.
El juego del amor y del azar
1944
8.0No synopsis available yet.
El hombre del sábado
1947
5.9Enrique, a gray office worker who lives a marriage already without passion begins to rethink his life when he receives an anonymous who says that his wife deceives him.
Return to the Nest
1938
5.9Enrique, a gray office worker who lives a marriage already without passion begins to rethink his life when he receives an anonymous who says that his wife deceives him.
Return to the Nest
1938
8.0A man in debt obtains a miraculous skin that makes all his wishes come true but at the cost of shortening his life.
La piel de zapa
1943

