Alberto Santana

The story of the Santa María School massacre of miners in 1907.

A group of friends from the neighborhood get together after many years. It is time to reminisce about the past and the course of their lives. Each one recounts his or her experiences. The story of an unhappy love, the narration of an episode of maternal sacrifice and the story of the rise of a boxer thanks to the power of his fists and the bad arts of the boxing world

Alberto Santana's first film directed in Peru followed the deep-rooted tradition of imitating the style of Charles Chaplin's comedy. Sporting a mustache and bowler hat, the Mexican dancer and bullfighter Rodolfo Areu played the lead role. Areu, who performed variety acts with Julián Santa Cruz's Cuban revue and comedy company, offered as the central attraction of his show what appeared to be an impeccable imitation of Charlie Chaplin. The surviving accounts agree that, like Chaplin, it was a kind of unacknowledged remake of The Kid (1921), and that the liveliness of Areu's pantomime was the film's main attraction.

The film is a melodrama that tells the story of a couple who live misadventures. The heroes will have to go through different scenarios, such as hills, factory and penitentiary. The first production we've seen from Patria Films, frankly, hasn't impressed us. It seems unbelievable that despite all the criticism leveled at American films for their bland plots, the plot is the first weak point of all national productions, whether Peruvian, Argentinian, or Spanish, despite the abundant good literature that has been written. The plot of Alma peruana is worthless, and the limited cinematic experience of its actors, not only in acting but also in makeup, does nothing to mask its flaws.

Young Carmen arrives in Lima, dreaming of falling in love and finding happiness. She goes to live with her cousins and aunt, in the elegant Miraflores district. Soon she falls in love with Oscar, but he must leave her to go to the war. After a long time waiting for him to return, she learns he has died. Desperate, she decides to join a convent.

A tragedy based on first love.

The story of the Santa María School massacre of miners in 1907.

A group of friends from the neighborhood get together after many years. It is time to reminisce about the past and the course of their lives. Each one recounts his or her experiences. The story of an unhappy love, the narration of an episode of maternal sacrifice and the story of the rise of a boxer thanks to the power of his fists and the bad arts of the boxing world

Alberto Santana's first film directed in Peru followed the deep-rooted tradition of imitating the style of Charles Chaplin's comedy. Sporting a mustache and bowler hat, the Mexican dancer and bullfighter Rodolfo Areu played the lead role. Areu, who performed variety acts with Julián Santa Cruz's Cuban revue and comedy company, offered as the central attraction of his show what appeared to be an impeccable imitation of Charlie Chaplin. The surviving accounts agree that, like Chaplin, it was a kind of unacknowledged remake of The Kid (1921), and that the liveliness of Areu's pantomime was the film's main attraction.

The film is a melodrama that tells the story of a couple who live misadventures. The heroes will have to go through different scenarios, such as hills, factory and penitentiary. The first production we've seen from Patria Films, frankly, hasn't impressed us. It seems unbelievable that despite all the criticism leveled at American films for their bland plots, the plot is the first weak point of all national productions, whether Peruvian, Argentinian, or Spanish, despite the abundant good literature that has been written. The plot of Alma peruana is worthless, and the limited cinematic experience of its actors, not only in acting but also in makeup, does nothing to mask its flaws.

Young Carmen arrives in Lima, dreaming of falling in love and finding happiness. She goes to live with her cousins and aunt, in the elegant Miraflores district. Soon she falls in love with Oscar, but he must leave her to go to the war. After a long time waiting for him to return, she learns he has died. Desperate, she decides to join a convent.

Young Carmen arrives in Lima, dreaming of falling in love and finding happiness. She goes to live with her cousins and aunt, in the elegant Miraflores district. Soon she falls in love with Oscar, but he must leave her to go to the war. After a long time waiting for him to return, she learns he has died. Desperate, she decides to join a convent.

A tragedy based on first love.

A tragedy based on first love.

A man accused for a crime he didn't commit ,will seek justice with his own hands

A man accused for a crime he didn't commit ,will seek justice with his own hands

Silent film portraying daily life in Jiron de la Union, Lima, Peru.

[...] in which you can appreciate the progress made by the Municipality; constructions, paving, education. You can admire the most distinguished young ladies of the town [...].

Homeland Film. Filmed by Alberto Santana.

Homeland Film. Filmed by Alberto Santana.

This costumbrist musical comedy is the first feature-length sound film filmed in the city of Bogotá in 1938, but apparently it was not finished or perhaps never premiered.

This costumbrist musical comedy is the first feature-length sound film filmed in the city of Bogotá in 1938, but apparently it was not finished or perhaps never premiered.

It tells the story of a mountain girl who arrives in the capital and becomes overwhelmed by its hustle and bustle, falling into the abyss of life and degradation.

Probably by Alberto Santana.