Imperio Argentina

Acting

Imperio Argentina

Born 1906-12-27 · Buenos Aires, Argentina

Magdalena Nile del Río, stage name Imperio Argentina (Buenos Aires, December 26, 1910-Torremolinos, August 22, 2003), was an Argentine actress, singer and dancer.

Acting credits

Bambú poster
5.0

Alejandro is a young composer from Madrid who, overwhelmed by a sentimental and artistic failure, decides to enlist as a volunteer soldier and go to war-torn Cuba, where he befriends Antonio, who becomes his best friend.

Bambú

1945

Song of Aixa poster
6.2

Abslan and Hamed, two cousins of very different character and lives, whose families have put an end to old quarrels, become rivals for the love of the young and beautiful half-breed Aixa.

Song of Aixa

1940

Morena clara poster
6.7

Trini and her brother Regalito are two gypsy brothers stealing hams. At trial, the severe prosecutor Enrique accused them of the misdemeanor, although they do not understand the nature of their crime and the justice of non-gypsies. Trini ends up serving in the house of the prosecutor, who, discovering her good heart, eventually falls in love with her.

Morena clara

1936

Azabache poster
NR

A homage to the Andalusian Copla produced for the Seville Expo 92. The so-called musical featured four of the most prominent Copla singers: Imperio Argentina, historic actress and then retired singer, Rocío Jurado, the biggest name at the time, Juanita Reina representing Sevilla and Nati Mistral representing Madrid, plus the newcomer María Vidal.

Azabache

1992

Barefoot in the Kitchen poster
6.0

What was the role of women in Spanish cinema from the 1930s to the present explained through fragments of different films, both fiction and non-fiction. (Followed by “Manda huevos,” 2016.)

Barefoot in the Kitchen

2013

Sister San Sulpicio poster
7.0

Spanish silent comedy based on Armando Palacio Valdés' novel. It was the first film starring Imperio Argentina.

Sister San Sulpicio

1927

Songs for After a War poster
6.8

A particular reading of the hard years of famine, repression and censorship after the massacre of the Spanish Civil War (1936-39), through popular culture: songs, newspapers and magazines, movies and newsreels.

Songs for After a War

1976

Tata Mía poster
5.6

Elvira, daughter of a disgraced military, who entered a convent at a young age leaves him and returns home to settle in Madrid with his beloved nanny, seeking help to overcome their crisis. However, the country has changed so much in his years of confinement that has little or nothing to do with his childhood memories ...

Tata Mía

1986

Her Wedding Night poster
7.0

An American movie star vacationing in France gets mixed up with a songwriter, mistaken identity, and winds up married to someone she doesn't know. Spanish language version of the 1930 Clara Bow film "Her Wedding Night."

Her Wedding Night

1931

Aimless Hearts poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Aimless Hearts

1928

Sister San Sulpicio poster
9.0

Sister San Sulpicio (Spanish:La hermana San Sulpicio) is a 1934 Spanish comedy film directed by Florián Rey and starring Imperio Argentina, Miguel Ligero and Salvador Soler Marí. It is a remake of Rey's 1927 silent film Sister San Sulpicio which had been based on Armando Palacio Valdés's novel of the same title.

Sister San Sulpicio

1934

Tosca poster
6.3

Non-musical account of Puccini's opera: Tosca and Cavaradossi are in love, but the tyrant Scarpia desires Tosca and oppresses Cavaradossi who is fighting for freedom.

Tosca

1941

Nights in Andalusia poster
10.0

When the dancer Carmen visits the bullfighter Antonio, who has stabbed a gypsy, in prison, she meets the dragoon brigadier José. The two immediately take a liking to each other, and from that day on, José often visits the café where Carmen dances. When Carmen injures another dancer in a jealous quarrel, José is ordered to arrest her...

Nights in Andalusia

1938

Canciones de nuestra vida poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Canciones de nuestra vida

1975

Ama Rosa poster
7.5

Rosa gives birth to a child who, by circumstances of life, is given for adoption to a wealthy family who lost theirs during childbirth. Soon, Rosa will be working for the new family of his son and, so, without anyone knowing, will give him all her love.

Ama Rosa

1960

With the East Wind poster
6.1

The life of Sebastián, a 28-year-old Roma, changes drastically after he kills a man. From that moment, he must flee, experiencing the torments of loneliness, guilt, and the rejection of his people.

With the East Wind

1967

Nobleza baturra poster
7.2

Aragón, Spain, early 20th century. María del Pilar is a honest girl whose good name is dirtied when an old suitor seeking revenge accuses her of losing her virginity outside of marriage. The scandal soon spreads throughout the countryside.

Nobleza baturra

1935

Singer Cafe poster
10.0

In the mid nineteenth century, flamenco singing and dancing bring together their most loyal fans in a tablao in Andalusia where Rosarillo, an attractive singer unleashes the passions of his audience. On her wedding night, while the gypsy sings from deep emotion of her heart, her husband is murdered. Her feelings will be truncated at once, and in front of all those present, she swears revenge.

Singer Cafe

1951

Carmen la de Triana poster
6.0

The story of a beautiful, vivacious gypsy girl and the two doomed men who fall for her.

Carmen la de Triana

1938

La cigarra poster
9.0

Soledad, known as "La Cigarra", agrees to sing in Buenos Aires to have the opportunity to meet her liar boyfriend, whom she tries to forget in Rio.

La cigarra

1948

La copla de la Dolores poster
6.7

Pursued by an infamous song that makes her life impossible, Dolores leaves Calatayud.

La copla de la Dolores

1951

Sombras y luces: Cien años de cine español poster
8.3

No synopsis available yet.

Sombras y luces: Cien años de cine español

1996

Suburban Melody poster
7.0

The life of Roberto takes place in a suburban bar between singing and letters. There, along with his partner, as scamming unsuspecting lives falls into the table. One night she crosses paths a young piano teacher hear him sing and gives him the chance to do it professionally. The fame and love give Roberto a chance to redeem himself.

Suburban Melody

1933

No artwork available
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Cinópolis

1931