Albéniz (film)

Albéniz is a 1947 black-and-white Argentine Silver Condor award-winning biographical drama film directed by Luis César Amadori and written by Pedro Miguel Obligado. The film is based on the life of Spanish composer and pianist, Isaac Albéniz.

Albéniz
Theatrical poster
Directed byLuis César Amadori
Produced byLuis César Amadori
Written byPedro Miguel Obligado
StarringPedro López Lagar
Sabina Olmos
Music byIsaac Albéniz
CinematographyAntonio Merayo
Edited byJorge Gárate
Distributed byArgentina Sono Film
Release date
4 February 1947
Running time
125 minutes
CountryArgentina
LanguageSpanish

The film stars Pedro López Lagar and Sabina Olmos. It won the Silver Condor Award for Best Film and numerous other awards, given by the Argentine Film Critics Association in 1948 for the best picture of the previous year.[1]

Cast

Release and acclaim

The film won the Argentine Film Critics Association Award, the Silver Condor, for best film in 1948. It was also one of the main entries at the 2nd Locarno Film Festival in Switzerland.

The Argentine Academy of Cinematography Arts and Sciences gave several awards for this film:[2]

  • Best Picture: Argentina Sono Film
  • Best Director: Luis César Amadori
  • Best Actor: Pedro López Lagar
  • Special mentions: Pedro Miguel Obligado (guionista), Sabina Olmos (actriz), Raúl Soldi (escenógrafo), Guillermo Cases (director musical), Antonio Merayo (director de fotografía), Mario Fezia (operador de cámara), José María Paleo (sonidista), Jorge Garate (montajista) and Roque Giacovino (director de fotografía)

References

  1. "Los ganadores, año por año" (in Spanish). Cine.ar. Archived from the original on August 13, 2014. Retrieved May 27, 2014.
  2. "ARCHIVO · Premios Anuales 1941–1953" (in Spanish). Academia de Artes y Ciencias Cinematográficas. Archived from the original on May 31, 2014. Retrieved May 30, 2014.
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