Luis Saslavsky

Directing

Luis Saslavsky

Born — Died

1903-04-20 — 1995-03-20

Place of birth

Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina

Known for

Directing

Credits

40 titles

Luis Saslavsky (1903–1995) was an Argentine film director, screenwriter and film producer, and one of the influential directors in the Cinema of Argentina of the classic era.

Known for

Puerta cerrada poster
5.3

Nina Miranda leaves jail after spending 20 years imprisoned for a murder that she insists she did not commit and recalls the time of her youth.

Puerta cerrada

1939

Vení conmigo poster
3.7

A suburban girl struggles to become a star.

Vení conmigo

1973

Corrientes, calle de ensueños poster
9.0

Story about a humble musician who triumphs overcoming his failures and a young woman arrives in Buenos Aires from the interior of the country in search of triumph but finds death.

Corrientes, calle de ensueños

1949

Stain on the Snow poster
6.3

"La neige était sale" is based on a novel and play by the phenomenally prolific Georges Simenon. Upon learning that his mother was a prostitute, Frank (Daniel Gélin) dejectedly vows that he, too, will live a life of debauchery. Part of his self-degradation program is to kill someone, and since the story takes place during the Nazi occupation of France, he chooses a German officer as his victim. His steady descent into psychosis and depravity becomes his ultimate undoing.

Stain on the Snow

1953

Eclipse de sol poster
7.6

A vaudeville singer secretly marries a wealthy landowner, who soon returns to his ranch, fearing the rejection of his snobbish family. To teach him a lesson, she shows up at his estancia pretending to be a maid.

Eclipse de sol

1943

Premier mai poster
5.8

On this beautiful May 1st, Thérèse is about to give birth. Their presence at home is undesirable, so Jean, her husband, decides to take François, their little boy, to a soccer match. Their plans change when they meet a former factory mate who seems to have made a success of his life. This man, Blanchot, decides to return to Jean a sum of money he had once borrowed. Trusted, Jean is drawn into a clandestine circle, where his apparent luck delivers him without ulterior motive to Blanchot, who is one of the ringleaders. The police interrupt the dangerous game, putting Jean, who has no identity papers, in an awkward situation.

Premier mai

1958

Behind the camera

Puerta cerrada poster
5.3

Nina Miranda leaves jail after spending 20 years imprisoned for a murder that she insists she did not commit and recalls the time of her youth.

Puerta cerrada

1939

Puerta cerrada poster
5.3

Nina Miranda leaves jail after spending 20 years imprisoned for a murder that she insists she did not commit and recalls the time of her youth.

Puerta cerrada

1939

Vení conmigo poster
3.7

A suburban girl struggles to become a star.

Vení conmigo

1973

Corrientes, calle de ensueños poster
9.0

Story about a humble musician who triumphs overcoming his failures and a young woman arrives in Buenos Aires from the interior of the country in search of triumph but finds death.

Corrientes, calle de ensueños

1949

Corrientes, calle de ensueños poster
9.0

Story about a humble musician who triumphs overcoming his failures and a young woman arrives in Buenos Aires from the interior of the country in search of triumph but finds death.

Corrientes, calle de ensueños

1949

Stain on the Snow poster
6.3

"La neige était sale" is based on a novel and play by the phenomenally prolific Georges Simenon. Upon learning that his mother was a prostitute, Frank (Daniel Gélin) dejectedly vows that he, too, will live a life of debauchery. Part of his self-degradation program is to kill someone, and since the story takes place during the Nazi occupation of France, he chooses a German officer as his victim. His steady descent into psychosis and depravity becomes his ultimate undoing.

Stain on the Snow

1953

Stain on the Snow poster
6.3

"La neige était sale" is based on a novel and play by the phenomenally prolific Georges Simenon. Upon learning that his mother was a prostitute, Frank (Daniel Gélin) dejectedly vows that he, too, will live a life of debauchery. Part of his self-degradation program is to kill someone, and since the story takes place during the Nazi occupation of France, he chooses a German officer as his victim. His steady descent into psychosis and depravity becomes his ultimate undoing.

Stain on the Snow

1953

Eclipse de sol poster
7.6

A vaudeville singer secretly marries a wealthy landowner, who soon returns to his ranch, fearing the rejection of his snobbish family. To teach him a lesson, she shows up at his estancia pretending to be a maid.

Eclipse de sol

1943

Premier mai poster
5.8

On this beautiful May 1st, Thérèse is about to give birth. Their presence at home is undesirable, so Jean, her husband, decides to take François, their little boy, to a soccer match. Their plans change when they meet a former factory mate who seems to have made a success of his life. This man, Blanchot, decides to return to Jean a sum of money he had once borrowed. Trusted, Jean is drawn into a clandestine circle, where his apparent luck delivers him without ulterior motive to Blanchot, who is one of the ringleaders. The police interrupt the dangerous game, putting Jean, who has no identity papers, in an awkward situation.

Premier mai

1958

Premier mai poster
5.8

On this beautiful May 1st, Thérèse is about to give birth. Their presence at home is undesirable, so Jean, her husband, decides to take François, their little boy, to a soccer match. Their plans change when they meet a former factory mate who seems to have made a success of his life. This man, Blanchot, decides to return to Jean a sum of money he had once borrowed. Trusted, Jean is drawn into a clandestine circle, where his apparent luck delivers him without ulterior motive to Blanchot, who is one of the ringleaders. The police interrupt the dangerous game, putting Jean, who has no identity papers, in an awkward situation.

Premier mai

1958

El balcón de la Luna poster
7.3

The lives of 3 singers during their last few months working at a venue called "The Moon's Balcony"

El balcón de la Luna

1962

Historia de una mala mujer poster
9.5

A woman saves her daughter from making the same mistake that cost her happiness years ago.

Historia de una mala mujer

1948

Demoniac poster
6.3

Gervais escapes from a German concentration camp and assumes the identity of a recently deceased fellow prisoner. Knowing that the dead man has been carrying on a romance by correspondence with Hélène, whom he has never seen, Gervais makes the acquaintance of the woman and they move in, but her sister Agnès dabbles in the black arts, which should be warning enough for Gervais to make himself scarce. Yet he sticks around, intrigued that the dead man's sister, Julia, refuses to blow the whistle on him.

Demoniac

1957

Demoniac poster
6.3

Gervais escapes from a German concentration camp and assumes the identity of a recently deceased fellow prisoner. Knowing that the dead man has been carrying on a romance by correspondence with Hélène, whom he has never seen, Gervais makes the acquaintance of the woman and they move in, but her sister Agnès dabbles in the black arts, which should be warning enough for Gervais to make himself scarce. Yet he sticks around, intrigued that the dead man's sister, Julia, refuses to blow the whistle on him.

Demoniac

1957

La casa del recuerdo poster
6.5

An old woman remembers when her daughter fell in love with a young neighbor, and she and her husband did everything to break that relationship.

La casa del recuerdo

1940

La casa del recuerdo poster
6.5

An old woman remembers when her daughter fell in love with a young neighbor, and she and her husband did everything to break that relationship.

La casa del recuerdo

1940

Historia de una noche poster
6.0

After a few years, Víctor Morel comes back to the city. He has been a happy and Bohemian man who spent an authentic fortune. His first meeting with the past is with Laura, an extraordinary woman with he had intense relationships. She is now married with Daniel Romero, a man dedicated to the business that, precisely in the last days, has had a money problem. Due to this matter, Daniel will have to ask Víctor for help because it knows that he can extract it of the difficulty, in spite of the fact that he does not have any sharm.

Historia de una noche

1962

Historia de una noche poster
6.0

After a few years, Víctor Morel comes back to the city. He has been a happy and Bohemian man who spent an authentic fortune. His first meeting with the past is with Laura, an extraordinary woman with he had intense relationships. She is now married with Daniel Romero, a man dedicated to the business that, precisely in the last days, has had a money problem. Due to this matter, Daniel will have to ask Víctor for help because it knows that he can extract it of the difficulty, in spite of the fact that he does not have any sharm.

Historia de una noche

1962

This Desired Body poster
6.2

A man falls in love with Lina , a hot girl with a racy past who creates a sensation among the workers.

This Desired Body

1959

This Desired Body poster
6.2

A man falls in love with Lina , a hot girl with a racy past who creates a sensation among the workers.

This Desired Body

1959

Kill and Be Killed poster
6.5

A former singer lives alone with her fortune - and with her nephew, Fernando, a low character to whom she refuses to lend more money. Elisa leaves prison and starts a new life as a personal attendant to the aging singer, using her knowledge as a former nurse - a profession she can not return to. Fernando meets Elisa, and together they plan to poison the lonely woman, and use her money abroad. They plan their alibis well. But those who kill by the sword will perish by the sword.

Kill and Be Killed

1962

Crimen a las tres poster
NR

A famous singer in love with a woman takes the blame for a crime to save her. Luis Saslavsky's first film, considered lost.

Crimen a las tres

1935

Crimen a las tres poster
NR

A famous singer in love with a woman takes the blame for a crime to save her. Luis Saslavsky's first film, considered lost.

Crimen a las tres

1935

No artwork available
9.0

The story of different episodes that happen in each of the sections of a newspaper.

Ceniza al viento

1942

Story of a Single Night poster
6.1

A man returns to town after a long time and meets his ex-girlfriend, who is married to a husband in desperate economic situation.

Story of a Single Night

1941

Story of a Single Night poster
6.1

A man returns to town after a long time and meets his ex-girlfriend, who is married to a husband in desperate economic situation.

Story of a Single Night

1941

El Fausto criollo poster
10.0

An old gaucho tells his young friend about a time in the big city when he went to the Opera, and narrates to him the whole plot of Gounod's Faust. His young friend reimagines the story he's hearing, with himself in the central role.

El Fausto criollo

1979

El Fausto criollo poster
10.0

An old gaucho tells his young friend about a time in the big city when he went to the Opera, and narrates to him the whole plot of Gounod's Faust. His young friend reimagines the story he's hearing, with himself in the central role.

El Fausto criollo

1979

No artwork available
9.0

There are 3 stories about the intermediaries of marriage (the ads of magazines, seers and agencies): Sentimental mail, about an energetic woman who wants to marry a dominable man; Elixir of love, on the subject of the title; and Romantic about a melodic singer.

La industria del matrimonio

1965

No artwork available
10.0

A scout leader and his assistant discover a gang of kidnappers.

Un ángel sin pantalones

1947

The Ghost Lady poster
6.7

The young widow of the viceroy of Peru, facing the dismal prospect of either a convent or a marriage of convenience, sets out to conquer a handsome officer, pretending she’s a duende, a ghost.

The Ghost Lady

1945

Black Crown poster
5.4

A woman suffers from amnesia after killing her husband, who was just about to demand a divorce for having found her engaging in an affair with a lover, who is only interested in her to find where some precious jewels are hidden.

Black Crown

1951

Llegó la niña Ramona poster
7.0

A student's aunt comes from the province to investigate her conduct.

Llegó la niña Ramona

1945

Los ojos más lindos del mundo poster
7.5

No synopsis available yet.

Los ojos más lindos del mundo

1943

Los ojos más lindos del mundo poster
7.5

No synopsis available yet.

Los ojos más lindos del mundo

1943

Nace un amor poster
8.0

Some professional actors are unemployed due to the opinion of a theater critic, then they decide to take revenge and disguise themselves as poor tenants from a neighborhood who are hired by the same critic to perform his work.

Nace un amor

1938

Nace un amor poster
8.0

Some professional actors are unemployed due to the opinion of a theater critic, then they decide to take revenge and disguise themselves as poor tenants from a neighborhood who are hired by the same critic to perform his work.

Nace un amor

1938

No artwork available
NR

First Argentine feature film in 16mm. Currently considered lost.

Sombras

1930

No artwork available
NR

First Argentine feature film in 16mm. Currently considered lost.

Sombras

1930

Passport to Rio poster
6.5

A thief commits a robbery and is seen by a showgirl who becomes a witness to the crime. The man finds her and forces her to help him take what he stole to Rio de Janeiro. With no other way out, she is sent on a boat to Brazil by the thief. On board, the showgirl meets a doctor with whom she begins a romance while the criminal falls in love with her.

Passport to Rio

1948