The Soul of the Accordion

Template:Expand Spanish Template:Infobox film/short descriptionTemplate:Template other The Soul of the Accordion (Template:Langx) is a 1935 Argentine tango musical film from the Golden Age of Argentine cinema directed by Mario Soffici, who wrote it with José A. Bugliot. It is considered one of the earliest classics of Argentine cinema.

The film starred Libertad Lamarque, Enrique Serrano and Santiago Arrieta.

Plot

A rich countryman sends his son to the city to study. He becomes involved in a romantic relationship with a girl who wants to succeed in singing. The couple go through great sacrifice and renunciation.

The film deals with themes of popular music and radio culture, and introduces the tango song Cambalache, written by Enrique Santos Discépolo.

Cast

• Enrique Serrano
• Santiago Arrieta
• Gogó Andreu
• Héctor Calcaño
• Charlo
• Dora Davis
• Ernesto Fama
• Miguel Gómez Bao
• Libertad Lamarque
• Francisco Lomuto
• Pepita Muñoz
• Domingo Sapelli

Further reading

• Di Núbila, Domingo (1998). La época de oro. Historia del cine argentino I, Buenos Aires. Ediciones del Jilguero. Template:ISBN.
• Manrupe, Raúl; Portela, María Alejandra (2001). Un diccionario de films argentinos (1930-1995), Buenos Aires, Editorial Corregidor. Template:ISBN.
• España, Claudio; Rosado, Miguel Ángel (1984). Medio siglo de cine, 1° edición (en español), Buenos Aires. Editorial Abril S.A. y Editorial del Heraldo S.A.. Template:ISBN.

External links

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