
Pedro López Lagar
Acting
Biography
Pedro López Lagar (1899-1977) was a renowned Spanish theater and film actor. In 1936, he was on tour when the Spanish Civil War broke out. He and his coworkers found refuge in Argentina, where he was naturalized. There he lived the rest of his life and made almost his entire cinematographic career (including his debut).
Known For

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

Argentinian adaptation of "The Kreutzer Sonata" by Leo Tolstoy.
Celos

Isaac Albéniz was a child prodigy, and the victim of a tyrannical father. He flees from his house, to America. He returns to his country years later, where he achieves international fame and the attention of many women.
Albéniz

Marta is obsessed with protecting her son from the genetic predisposition to schizophrenia that she has hidden from her husband.
The Boy and the Fog

Pablo Urioste is a respected surgeon, but he is forced to experience a nightmarish world after his wife, a marijuana addict, dies at a nightclub. He tells his story to the police, and tells stories of how he is hooked, beaten, blackmailed, and includes some bad-trip flashbacks. Ms. Quiroga tries to help him, but there is little hope for Dr. Urioste after undergoing THE MARIHUANA STORY.
The Marihuana Story

Reporters compete for cash prize awarded for biggest scoop on New Year's Eve.
Reportaje

In exchange for the life of a Norwegian fisherman, a bankrupt industrialist gives his soul to the devil.
La barca sin pescador

A woman who believes she has seen a murder is harassed by the alleged criminal.
Pesadilla

The romance between a young aristocratic woman and an unlucky painter that takes place in the lakes of Bariloche.
Apasionadamente

Albareda does not doubt to betray her lover running away after denouncing him.
Last Refuge

A single man must pretend to be the father of a teenage girl and will end up marrying her mother.
The Third Kiss

After a storm, the captain of a ship lets it float aimlessly until he reaches an island paradise.
María Celeste

Two sisters struggle to get out of a Buenos Aires suburb, where debts with a loan shark have kept them apart. But soon the inhabitants of the neighborhood forget their differences before the appearance of an epidemic.
Suburbio

Rosario, Tirana, actress of the late eighteenth century, enjoys the protection of the Duke of Fornells, Chief Justice of the Kingdom, which paves for the actress the way to fame on stage at the Prince theater. The secret love of Rosario, the Earl of San Esteban dies in a duel with Fornells and its position is occupied by the bullfighter Costillares.
La Tirana

Institutional short film planned and directed by Arturo S. Mom for the First Argentine Film Festival in Mar del Plata. The film shows the technical process by which an Argentine film is produced and emphasizes the professionalism and power of the national film industry. In this way, the story explains in a pedagogical way what is a script, a frame, a camera, a set sketch and a projected background, among others, and how a scene and the soundtrack of a film are recorded.
Cómo se hace una película argentina

A passionate young man can't forget the love of her life, who is about to get married. Passion will find its way but with fatal consequences.
Bodas de sangre

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

A writer gets involved in a police case related to some jewelry belonging to a Chinese sect.
The Clover Sect

A young woman returns from boarding school and will repeat in a certain way her mother's secret story, but she will be happy.
Veinte años y una noche

A story of passion and deceit, where love overcomes the misfortunes and finally triumphs.