Gonzalo Acevedo Bernal
Directing
Biography
Actor, cameraman and film producer (Bogotá, 1900 - Cali, 1967). In 1924 he married the Belgian Carmen Halewyck, with whom he had three daughters: Lucy, Olga and Irma. He was the first of the Acevedo brothers to be linked to his father's artistic activities, playing one of the main characters in La tragedia del silencio. He learned film technique from Hernando Bernal, cameraman for the brothers Francisco and Vicente Di Doménico, and by reading manuals, but above all in practice, as a photographer for the film Bajo el cielo antioqueño. With his brother Álvaro, they complemented personalities and talents to produce silent and sound documentary films for the next twenty years. In 1932 he traveled as a cameraman with the troops that moved overland to fight in the war against Peru. His passion for the craft made him a skilled photographer and editor with magnifying glass and scissors. From 1940 to 1942 he was head of the Film Section of the Ministry of Education, appointed by then Minister Jorge Eliécer Gaitán. From 1950 he produced some documentaries and worked as cameraman for other producers. In 1955 he retired to live near Montería, and in the 1960s he sold the Acevedo brothers' archive to Esso Colombiana.
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El trágico final de Gardel, su última despedida
Lina, a graceful schoolgirl, has an affair against her father's will with Álvaro, a young bohemian who squanders his fortune. They decide to flee from the father's vigilance, but at the train station a wounded beggar warns Lina about the grave mistake she is making. Álvaro bandages her wound with a handkerchief on which his initials are inscribed and Lina gratefully gives her her jewelry and in turn informs Álvaro of her decision not to continue with this adventure. The beggar woman is assaulted and murdered. Her corpse is found with Alvaro's handkerchief, who is accused of the crime. Although he is innocent, he keeps silent to protect Lina.
Under the Antioquian Sky
The first Colombian film with synchronous optical sound.
Los Primeros Ensayos del Cine Parlante Nacional
Due to an unfortunate mistake with laboratory samples, a young husband is diagnosed as suffering from the terrible disease of leprosy. In his distress he decides to leave home.
The Tragedy of Silence
A look at the war between Colombia and Peru from the battlefield. A conflict that lasted from September 1, 1932 until the peace treaty of June 1, 1933.
Colombia victoriosa
First full-length sound film made by the Acevedo Brothers, it shows the birth and childhood of Enrique Olaya Herrera, born and baptized in Guateque. It also presents the gestation and launching of the presidential candidacy of Eduardo Santos for the years 1938 to 1942. Finally there are all the ceremonies and tributes carried out since the corpse of Enrique Olaya Herrera touches Colombian soil in Buenaventura until his burial in the cemetery of Bogota. (Newspaper "El Tiempo" - Bogotá, May 29, 1937)