
Acting
Héctor Calcaño
Born 1894-01-25 · Buenos Aires City, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Acting credits
5.8The pilgrimage to the Basilica of Our Lady of Luján causes the meeting of people of different classes.
La procesión
1960
8.0Two brilliant tango singers struggle to the top of their profession and cope with obstacles to their personal romance.
El alma del bandoneón
1935
No synopsis available yet.
La intrusa
1939
The exploits of two recently arrived immigrants in Argentina.
Compañeros
1936
8.5An old politician is claimed by his party to be a candidate in the next elections.
The Candidate
1959
10.0No synopsis available yet.
La hermosa mentira
1958
6.9A repressed woman, unable to give love, is possessed by the spirit of her lewd grandmother.
El retrato
1947
7.0A village priest protects a young mother rejected by the people and the mayor.
Este cura
1968
3.7The young and inexperienced godson of a millionaire falls for a singer who is married. The millionaire opposes the relationship because he feels a "strange tenderness" for the boy.
Extraña ternura
1964
10.0The story of a man who is mistaken for the winner of the Christmas lottery prize and starts handing out borrowed money.
El millonario
1955
7.0An habitant of the Paraná Delta is tempted to engage in smuggling but abandons it for the love of a teacher.
Picaflor
1935
10.0A young student marries her professor. Tensions will arise as their opposite music tastes start clashing.
Red canary
1955
7.5No synopsis available yet.
¡Goal!
1936
A young woman who is in love with a singer chooses to run away from home so as not to marry a grocer to whom she was engaged.
Canillita
1936
The film's plot, which largely takes place in a cabaret, revolves around a worldly guy who had abandoned a mature lover for a younger and more beautiful one. It is very elementary and is just a pretext for a parade of popular songs. Currently considered lost.
Dancing
1933
7.0To win the prize that is offered to the one who endures three laps to a boxer, a mechanic learns to box and becomes champion; in the meantime he gets involved with a woman but eventually returns to his wife.
Campeón por una mujer
1939
Adaptation of the play "Casada pronto verte quiero".
Hay que casar a Ernesto
1941
10.0Going against his family's will, a lawyer becomes a tango singer.
La calle Corrientes
1943
10.0To gain back the love of his family, a man pretends to be dead.
El hombre que nació dos veces
1938
8.0The needy Pedro Céspedes finds a coat that implies for those who wear it a mysterious prodigality of money and jewelry.
El sobretodo de Céspedes
1939
7.0The crushing conformity of a penniless bank teller takes an unexpected turn when he deviates from his honest routine.
Fin de mes
1953
9.0A mother hires a psychologist to be the father of 3 children, and he performs his role excellently, providing affection.
Los hijos del otro
1947
6.8A freakish coincidence brings together a songwriter and the lyricist from whom he inadvertently stole the lyrics to a hit song.
Adiós Buenos Aires
1938
7.0El Gordo Villanueva is capable of anything in order to live comfortably, but without working.
El gordo Villanueva
1964