''Amalia '' is a 1914
Argentine
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silent film
A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound (or more generally, no audible dialogue). Though silent films convey narrative and emotion visually, various plot elements (such as a setting or era) or key lines of dialogue may, when ...
directed by
Enrique García Velloso and written by
Eugenio Py. It was based on the novel by
José Mármol
José Mármol (1818 – 1871) was an Argentine journalist, politician, librarian, and writer of the Romantic school.
Biography
Born in Buenos Aires, he initially studied law, but abandoned his studies in favor of politics. In 1839, no soone ...
. The film starred
Dora Huergo and
Lola Marcó del Pont. It is the first full-length fiction film ever produced in
Argentine cinema history.
Cast
*Dora Huergo as La Negra
*Lola Marcó del Pont as Señora Dupasquier
See also
*
Amalia (1936 film)
References
External links
*
1914 films
Argentine silent films
1910s Spanish-language films
Argentine black-and-white films
Works about the Argentine Civil War
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