''Adiós Buenos Aires'' (English language: ''Goodbye Buenos Aires'') is a 1938

Argentine Argentines (mistakenly translated Argentineans in the past; in Spanish (masculine) or (feminine)) are people identified with the country of Argentina. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Argentines, s ...

musical film Musical film is a film genre in which songs by the characters are interwoven into the narrative, sometimes accompanied by dancing. The songs usually advance the plot or develop the film's characters, but in some cases, they serve merely as breaks ...

directed and written by

Leopoldo Torres Ríos Leopoldo Torres Ríos (27 December 1899 – 10 April 1960) was an Argentine film director and screenwriter. His brother Carlos Torres Ríos was a notable cinematographer. His son was the film director and screenwriter Leopoldo Torre Nilsson. ...

. The film starred

Tito Lusiardo Tito Lusiardo (September 13, 1896 – June 25, 1982 in Buenos Aires) was an iconic Argentine film actor and tango singer of the classic era. Lusiardo began acting for film in 1933 and made some 50 film appearances as an actor. He began ...

and a 19-year-old

Amelia Bence Amelia Bence (born María Amelia Batvinik; 13 November 1919 – 8 February 2016) was an Argentine film actress and one of the divas of the Golden Age of Argentine Cinema (1940–60). Born to Belarusian Jewish immigrants, Bence began her c ...

. The film is a musical about

tango Tango is a partner dance and social dance that originated in the 1880s along the Río de la Plata, the natural border between Argentina and Uruguay. The tango was born in the impoverished port areas of these countries as the result of a combina ...

dancing, an integral part of

culture. The film followed on from

Adiós Argentina ''Adiós Argentina'' (English language: ''Goodbye Argentina'') is a 1930 Argentine musical film directed and written by Mario Parpagnoli. The film starred Ada Cornaro and Pierina Dealessi. Libertad Lamarque also made an appearance at the age ...

another tango based musical released in 1930.

Other cast

Héctor Calcaño Héctor Calcaño (born Héctor Calcagno, 1894–1969) was an Argentine film actor. He appeared in nearly 70 films between 1933 and 1968. Filmography *''Este cura'' (1968) - a.k.a. Operación San Antonio (Argentina) *''La señora del intendente' ...

* Antonio Capuano * Delia Codebó * Mario Danesi *

Floren Delbene Floren Delbene (1898 – 1978 in Buenos Aires) was an Argentine film actor of the Golden Age of Argentine Cinema. Ferreyra began acting for film in 1926 and made some 60 film appearances between then and his retirement in 1969 appearing in fil ...

Vicente Forastieri Vicente is an Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese name. Like its French variant, Vincent, it is derived from the Latin name ''Vincentius'' meaning "conquering" (from Latin ''vincere'', "to conquer"). Vicente may refer to: Location *São Vicente, Cap ...

* María Goicoechea * Eduardo González *

Ernesto Lecuona Ernesto Lecuona y Casado (; August 7, 1896 – November 29, 1963) was a Cuban composer and pianist, many of whose works have become standards of the Latin, jazz and classical repertoires. His over 600 compositions include songs and zarzuelas as ...

* Mario Mario as El guarda del Lacroze * Lely Morel *

Esteban Serrador Esteban Serrador (1903–1978) was a Chilean actor. He was mainly involved in film production in Argentina. He starred in the 1950 film '' Arroz con leche'' under director Carlos Schlieper. Selected filmography * ''Our Natacha'' (1944) *''Cris ...

Ignacio Villa Bola de Nieve (literally ''Snowball'') (11 September 1911 – 2 October 1971), born Ignacio Jacinto Villa Fernández, was a Cuban singer-pianist and songwriter. His name originates from his round, black face. Villa Fernández was born in Guanaba ...

Ernesto Villegas Ernesto Emilio Villegas Poljak is a journalist, politician, and writer from Venezuela. Biography Ernesto Villegas was born in Caracas in 1970. He is the youngest of eight children, two of them, Mario and Vladimir, Alice, Clara, Esperanza, Tat ...

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* Argentine musical films 1938 films 1930s Spanish-language films Tango films Argentine black-and-white films Films directed by Leopoldo Torres Ríos 1938 musical films Films set in Buenos Aires 1930s Argentine films {{Musical-film-stub