
Writing
Abel Santacruz
Born — Died
1915-01-01 — 1995-02-04
Place of birth
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Known for
Writing
Credits
40 titles
Abel Santacruz (1915-1995) was a prolific Argentine scriptwriter. He worked in multiple films, but he is best remembered for his telenovelas scripts, almost always following the narrative structure of "humble girl falls in love with rich boy".
Known for
A woman seduces a father of a family, altering his structures and the family relationship.
Goodbye, Problems
1955
10.0A boy refuses to accept his new mother despite her best efforts.
La madrastra
1960
NRTo preserve the happiness of his home, a detective transforms himself into different characters: a brave mexican, a French compliment, a tough German and a smiling lady.
Detective
1954
9.0No synopsis available yet.
Siempre fuimos compañeros
1973
6.6A group of artists adopt a girl and take her to their shows.
Los padrinos
1973
A wayward female singer and a vet hate each other but end up falling in love.
Bárbara atómica
1952
Behind the camera
A woman seduces a father of a family, altering his structures and the family relationship.
Goodbye, Problems
1955
10.0A boy refuses to accept his new mother despite her best efforts.
La madrastra
1960
NRTo preserve the happiness of his home, a detective transforms himself into different characters: a brave mexican, a French compliment, a tough German and a smiling lady.
Detective
1954
9.0No synopsis available yet.
Siempre fuimos compañeros
1973
6.6A group of artists adopt a girl and take her to their shows.
Los padrinos
1973
A wayward female singer and a vet hate each other but end up falling in love.
Bárbara atómica
1952
10.0No synopsis available yet.
La hermosa mentira
1958
8.0Responsible and composed doctor goes on a spree with a friend with two beautiful women, and his wife finds out.
Dr. Cándido Pérez, señoras
1962
9.0The police use Mr. Buendía to obtain information about a gangster to whom he is identical.
Alias Flequillo
1963
5.8Daniel is a young medical student. He lives in a student pension called "The Star" next to a group of student friends like him. Daniel is going to try to have his mother reconcile with his grandmother.
Destino de un capricho
1972
7.0Well-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
10.0A cheerful painter makes life impossible for a very serious girl.
Finished Business
1953
NRTwo gangs that are facing each other in a prison unite under the command of one man.
Disloque en el presidio
1965
8.0Sentimental aspects of a group of cadets from the Military Aviation School.
La última escuadrilla
1951
8.0A hidden heir who is the author of tangos.
Al compás de tu mentira
1950
NRA teacher tries to save a school in danger of demolition.
La maestra enamorada
1961
9.0A Spanish immigrant goes from delivery guy to successful singer.
El ángel de España
1957
7.5Matilda, a girl from a wealthy family, is in love with Mario de Larosa, a singer and heartthrob who is adored by women everywhere. She knows all his songs by heart and prays to heaven to give her the opportunity to meet her idol in person. Her dreams come true — Mario is scheduled to sign autographs at an appliance and record store, and Matilda and her cousin rush to this fateful meeting, which will fundamentally change the lives of the young woman and Mario himself...
Love at First Sight
1956
7.1An extra breaks into the department of a movie star to seduce him.
Los ojos llenos de amor
1954
8.8Canuto tries his best not to do military service, but he doesn't get it. During his time in the Army he gets into any trouble that comes up, including his involvement with a gang of thieves who have hidden loot near the regiment.
Canuto Cañete, conscripto del 7
1963
6.3A valet impersonates his lord and must face the difficulties of this deception in society.
El hermoso Brummel
1951
7.0The story is based on the cadets of the Military College and their relationship with an older officer (1st Lieutenant) whom they see as a father.
Mi amigo Luis
1972
6.0Luis Sandrini plays a college professor who, because of his freethinking attitudes and concerns for moral questions over matters of business, has more in common with his students than his colleagues.
The Hippie Teacher
1969
9.0The life of conscripts who live in a barracks.
Crisol de hombres
1954
7.0Gran Valor works in a bar and has an extraordinary memory. After loosing in an entertainement TV show he decides to help his friends in the university.
Gran Valor en la Facultad de Medicina
1981
10.0Three stories about love and animals.
Con el más puro amor
1966
8.0A married couple with three daughters abandons the idea of divorce when a supposed son of the husband appears.
Hay que bañar al nene
1958
9.0The children of a divorced marriage hatch a plan to get them back together, upon discovering that their father has a girlfriend.
Mi marido hoy duerme en casa
1955
5.0An orphan girl tries by all means that her father does not marry with an ambitious woman.
Papá Corazón se quiere casar
1974
NRPhotographers, beach attendants and street vendors from Mar del Plata team up to catch a gang of criminals.
Disloque en Mar del Plata
1964
8.0No synopsis available yet.
Pimienta y Pimentón
1970
10.0No synopsis available yet.
Vivir con alegría
1979
8.8The brother-in-law of a provincial teacher tries to take away the land on which he had built a school.
Bicho raro
1965
8.0A music teacher marries the daughter of a widower, and he marries the young man's mother.
La familia hippie
1971
7.0Many years ago, a young aristocrat wanted to marry a famous singer, but his father destroyed the marriage before twediing, believing that singer is not suitable wife for future diplomat. After several years their adult children now met in the theater of Buenos Aires.
La edad del amor
1954
NRA poor young woman falls in love with a perfume businessman of whom she is a secretary.
Más pobre que una laucha
1955
7.0An Italian teacher who revalidated her title in Argentina is assigned to a school in Jujuy.
Allá en el Norte
1973
9.5A married man and his single brother invite two women they meet in line at a movie theater.
Cuidado con las colas
1964
10.0A humble young woman receives a dowry from a rich uncle only if she marries, so she "rents" a boyfriend but she ends up falling in love with him.
Un novio para Laura
1955
9.5Cándida marries a widowed millionaire. She is in full exercise of being the housewife, when her husband's daughter arrives, with the company of Amelita Vargas with 2 purposes: to find out what her father is hiding and that she marry him..
Cleopatra era Cándida
1964
