''Alto Paraná'' is a 1958
Argentinian
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drama film
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directed and written by
Catrano Catrani
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Catrani was born in 1910 in Città di Castello, Umbria, Italy. He studied film at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in Rome. ...
. The film is based on the novel by
Velmiro Ayala Gauna, “Los casos de Don Frutos Gómez”. It was released on September 18, 1958, and rated PG 14.
The film starred
George Hilton,
Ariel Absalón
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,
María Aurelia Bisutti
María Aurelia Bisutti (June 20, 1930 – April 12, 2010)
was an Argentine film and TV actress, with over 50 Argentine cinema and television credits between 1948 and 1993, as well as numerous roles in the theatre.
Biography
Born in Buenos Ai ...
,
Carlos Gómez
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and
Iris Portillo
Alto Paraná Department
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The Alto Paraná department has experienced tremendous economic and ...
is a
department
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of
Paraguay
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.
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1958 films
Argentine drama films
Paraguay in fiction
Films based on Argentine novels
Films directed by Catrano Catrani
1950s Argentine films
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