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Mario Soffici

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Mario Soffici

Born May 13, 1900 · Firenze, Toscana, Italia

Died May 10, 1977 · aged 76

Mario Soffici (1900-1977) was an Italian-born Argentine film director, actor and screenwriter. He was one of the most important and renowned filmmakers during Argentina's golden age of cinema. He was known for his social movies, often filming in different provinces throughout the country.

Known For

Kilómetro 111Kilómetro 111 · 1938
Kilómetro 111
★ 5.61938
MovieDrama
Ceferino is the train station chief o a remote town. A group of planters ask him to legit them the wagons to send the harvest to Buenos Aires, he agrees, but he gets fired.
El alma del bandoneónEl alma del bandoneón · 1935
El alma del bandoneón
★ 8.01935
MovieDramaMusic
Two brilliant tango singers struggle to the top of their profession and cope with obstacles to their personal romance.
Pasó en mi barrioPasó en mi barrio · 1951
Pasó en mi barrio
★ 10.01951
MovieDrama
An italian man is unfairly imprisoned and his wife must work to maintain the family.
El viejo doctorEl viejo doctor · 1939
El viejo doctor
★ 10.01939
MovieDrama
Medical father and son in conflict over two conceptions about the practice of medicine as a result of a bad and inopportune medical practice carried out by the son to a patient of the father.
Oro bajoOro bajo · 1956
Oro bajo
1956
MovieDrama
The life of the tenants of a Buenos Aires tenement during the interwar period.
El curanderoEl curandero · 1955
El curandero
★ 7.71955
MovieDrama
A doctor arrives in a small, provincial town, and must pass himself off as a healer to gain the trust of its inhabitants.
Puerto NuevoPuerto Nuevo · 1936
Puerto Nuevo
★ 8.01936
MovieComedyDrama
With the help of a rich young woman, a singer who lives in the precarious housing area that existed in Puerto Nuevo comes to fame.
Buenos Aires DollsBuenos Aires Dolls · 1931
Buenos Aires Dolls
★ 9.01931
MovieDrama
A girl who sometimes mistreats her father, leaves her home and leaves her boyfriend, seduced by an adventurer who starts her as a tango singer. The father is jailed after shooting the seducer and she tries to commit suicide but her old boyfriend saves her, starting a more successful way.

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