
Directing
Alberto de Zavalía
Born — Died
1911-05-04 — 1988-05-07
Place of birth
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Known for
Directing
Credits
28 titles
Alberto de Zavalía was an Argentine screenwriter, film director and producer who was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina on May 4, 1911 and died in the same city on May 7, 1988 after an extensive career during Argentina's golden age of cinema. He was married to actress Delia Garcés.
Known for
6.5The story follows Jaime Lara, a passenger whose ship makes a stop in Buenos Aires for one day. Lara elopes, leaving his wife on board, and walks around the city at night, coming to meet a beautiful yet frivolous hooker, Isa.
Escala en la ciudad
1935
7.0The conflict of a woman with her husband when she starts defending her individuality.
Casa de muñecas
1943
7.0The alleged uncontrolled romance between a young girl forced to marry another and the poet Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer.
Becquer's Great Love
1946
6.5The life of Saint Rosa de Lima.
Rosa de América
1946
7.0A young woman takes care of her father and silblings after the death of her mother, giving up love in the process.
Estrellita
1947
8.0A young woman returns from boarding school and will repeat in a certain way her mother's secret story, but she will be happy.
Veinte años y una noche
1941
Behind the camera
6.5The story follows Jaime Lara, a passenger whose ship makes a stop in Buenos Aires for one day. Lara elopes, leaving his wife on board, and walks around the city at night, coming to meet a beautiful yet frivolous hooker, Isa.
Escala en la ciudad
1935
6.5The story follows Jaime Lara, a passenger whose ship makes a stop in Buenos Aires for one day. Lara elopes, leaving his wife on board, and walks around the city at night, coming to meet a beautiful yet frivolous hooker, Isa.
Escala en la ciudad
1935
6.5The story follows Jaime Lara, a passenger whose ship makes a stop in Buenos Aires for one day. Lara elopes, leaving his wife on board, and walks around the city at night, coming to meet a beautiful yet frivolous hooker, Isa.
Escala en la ciudad
1935
7.0The conflict of a woman with her husband when she starts defending her individuality.
Casa de muñecas
1943
7.0The alleged uncontrolled romance between a young girl forced to marry another and the poet Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer.
Becquer's Great Love
1946
6.5The life of Saint Rosa de Lima.
Rosa de América
1946
7.0A young woman takes care of her father and silblings after the death of her mother, giving up love in the process.
Estrellita
1947
7.0A young woman takes care of her father and silblings after the death of her mother, giving up love in the process.
Estrellita
1947
8.0A young woman returns from boarding school and will repeat in a certain way her mother's secret story, but she will be happy.
Veinte años y una noche
1941
8.0A man agrees to sell his youth to a strange character.
El hombre que amé
1947
8.0A man agrees to sell his youth to a strange character.
El hombre que amé
1947
9.0The film deals with the conflict between a father, master of a cattle ranch, and his son, who has returned after study.
Los caranchos de la Florida
1938
9.0The film deals with the conflict between a father, master of a cattle ranch, and his son, who has returned after study.
Los caranchos de la Florida
1938
7.1A singer is trapped in France by the unforeseen outbreak of World War II and a man who serves the German occupiers demands, in exchange for safe conduct for herself and her daughter, to act as a spy and informer for members of the Resistance.
El fin de la noche
1944
6.5A medical student helps an amnesic patient to remember his life but they end up falling in love, and she'll must sacrifice her love.
Concierto de almas
1942
7.8The relationship of the young night school teacher with her students.
La maestrita de los obreros
1942
10.0A new teacher arrives at a girls' boarding school; his arrival disrupts the discipline of the beautiful students.
Cuando florezca el naranjo
1943
7.0In a fishing village a young woman carries the guilt of her married sister, passing through the mother of her son.
La honra de los hombres
1946
NRTwo husbands use a shy teacher to cover up their infidelities, but the one out of naivety makes wives and lovers meet.
El otro yo de Marcela
1950
NRTwo husbands use a shy teacher to cover up their infidelities, but the one out of naivety makes wives and lovers meet.
El otro yo de Marcela
1950
8.0No synopsis available yet.
Dama de compañía
1940
6.0The life, hardships, love affairs, triumphs and failures of the world-renowned tango singer Carlos Gardel.
La vida de Carlos Gardel
1939
10.0Luisa Soler, a young and wealthy lawyer, travels to the province of Buenos Aires with her aunt Totona and there she meets a humble composer of tangos, Martín Salazar. The meeting between them creates confusion for his girlfriend and, after several moments of tension and strong arguments, Martin asks Luisa to clarify the situation with her fiancée. But when the lawyer decides to do something, it changes for both of them. Both realize that they love each other and that, beyond the different lives they lead, they will fight to be together.
La doctora quiere tangos
1949
10.0Luisa Soler, a young and wealthy lawyer, travels to the province of Buenos Aires with her aunt Totona and there she meets a humble composer of tangos, Martín Salazar. The meeting between them creates confusion for his girlfriend and, after several moments of tension and strong arguments, Martin asks Luisa to clarify the situation with her fiancée. But when the lawyer decides to do something, it changes for both of them. Both realize that they love each other and that, beyond the different lives they lead, they will fight to be together.
La doctora quiere tangos
1949
6.8A single mother is unjustly detained by the police. A lawyer, son of the judge in the case, falls in love with her.
De padre desconocido
1949
5.8Based on a quechua legend, Malambo tells the story of a woman who lost her husband and son because of the greedy patrón of an hacienda. She swore that she would never remove the cloth over her eyes until her dead were avenged by the deaths of the patrón and his daughter. Nature seems to be on her side, since a drought has afflicted the land. Her other son, Malambo, accepts the duty of revenge. Malambo is no normal human: he is the runa-uturungo, or Hombre Tigre, of Quechua lore, and he cannot be wounded by bullets. He leads the obreros to rise in revolt and defeats the patrón. However, instead of killing the patrón's daughter--the blind Urpila --he falls in love with her, thereby breaking his mother's heart.
Malambo
1942
5.8Based on a quechua legend, Malambo tells the story of a woman who lost her husband and son because of the greedy patrón of an hacienda. She swore that she would never remove the cloth over her eyes until her dead were avenged by the deaths of the patrón and his daughter. Nature seems to be on her side, since a drought has afflicted the land. Her other son, Malambo, accepts the duty of revenge. Malambo is no normal human: he is the runa-uturungo, or Hombre Tigre, of Quechua lore, and he cannot be wounded by bullets. He leads the obreros to rise in revolt and defeats the patrón. However, instead of killing the patrón's daughter--the blind Urpila --he falls in love with her, thereby breaking his mother's heart.
Malambo
1942
9.0No synopsis available yet.
Su primer baile
1942
