''Women's Refuge'' ( es, Albergue de Mujeres) is a

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directed and written by Arturo S. Mom with the script written by

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. The film starred Aída Alberti and

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, and

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. The film is centred on women with

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themes.

Cast

In alphabetical order: * Aída Alberti *

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Lydia Quintana Lydia ( Lydian: ‎𐤮𐤱𐤠𐤭𐤣𐤠, ''Śfarda''; Aramaic: ''Lydia''; el, Λυδία, ''Lȳdíā''; tr, Lidya) was an Iron Age Monarchy, kingdom of western Asia Minor located generally east of ancient Ionia in the modern western Turk ...

José Ruzzo José Ruzzo was an Argentine stage and film actor.Rodríguez p.7 Selected filmography * ''By the Light of a Star'' (1941) * '' I Want to Die with You'' (1941) * ''Son cartas de amor'' (1943) * '' Gold in the Hand'' (1943) * '' Savage Pampas'' (19 ...

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Release

The film premiered on 16 August 1946.

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