Alberto de Zavalía
Directing
Biography
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
A young woman takes care of her father and silblings after the death of her mother, giving up love in the process.
Estrellita
Based 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
The conflict of a woman with her husband when she starts defending her individuality.
Casa de muñecas
A 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
The 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
The alleged uncontrolled romance between a young girl forced to marry another and the poet Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer.
Becquer's Great Love
Mexican feature film
Lágrimas robadas
No description available.
Dama de compañía
Two 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
In 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
A new teacher arrives at a girls' boarding school; his arrival disrupts the discipline of the beautiful students.
Cuando florezca el naranjo
A man agrees to sell his youth to a strange character.
El hombre que amé
A 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
The 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
No description available.
Su primer baile
The life, hardships, love affairs, triumphs and failures of the world-renowned tango singer Carlos Gardel.
La vida de Carlos Gardel
Luisa 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
The relationship of the young night school teacher with her students.
La maestrita de los obreros
The life of Saint Rosa de Lima.
Rosa de América
A single mother is unjustly detained by the police. A lawyer, son of the judge in the case, falls in love with her.