El Santo de la Espada (1970)
El Santo de la Espada (in English, The Saint of the Sword) is a 1970 Argentine historical epic film directed by Leopoldo Torre Nilsson and starring Alfredo Alcón. It narrates the life of José de San Martín. It was written by Beatriz Guido y Luis Pico Estrada, based on the eponymous novel by Ricardo Rojas. The script was supervised by the Sanmartinian National Institute. It had a great success, and it is the most successful movie about "The Emancipator" San Martín, although it received some negative reviews due to historical inaccuracies.
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Cast:
- Alejo Patricio López Lecube
- Alfredo Alcón
- Ana María Picchio
- Hugo Arana
- Aldo Barbero
- Leonor Benedetto
- Rodolfo Brindisi
- Mario Casado
- Carlos Davis
- Luis Manuel de la Cuesta
- Eduardo Humberto Nóbili
- Héctor Alterio
- Héctor Pellegrini
- Miguel Herrera
- Alfredo Iglesias
- José Slavin
- Juan Carlos Lamas
- Lautaro Murúa
- Fernando Lewiz
- Onofre Lovero
- Carlos Lucini
- Leonor Manso
- Marcelo Miró
- Miguel Bermúdez
- Eduardo Pavlovsky
- Ramón Cas
- Rubén Green
- Evangelina Salazar
- Mercedes Sosa
- Walter Soubrie
- Diego Varzi