
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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Several individual stories converge in the imposing setting of the southernmost tip of the continent, all of them involving a crisis of faith. Most of the important situations in the film are based on real episodes, such as the massacre of indigenous people perpetrated by the landowners in the area.
Tierra del Fuego

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

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

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

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

A man sells his wife, and takes care of street women turning them into ladies to sell to rich men.
El vendedor de muñecas

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

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Los ojos más lindos del mundo

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

A melodramatic, psychological thriller, the film tells the story of a young wealthy widow, who is unhappy. She meets a Bohemian artist who marries her to escape the poverty of his family, but is stifled by her possessiveness and jealousy.