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fantasy drama film directed by Luis Saslavsky and Miguel Angel Lumaldo.''El Fausto criollo''
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and Enrique Anderson Imbert, and based on the novel ''El Fausto Criollo'', by

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. It stars Claudio García Satur, María Valenzuela, Pedro Quartucci,

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and

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. Oscar Aráiz was in charge of the film's choreography. It was filmed in Eastmancolor and released on October 25, 1979.

Synopsis

Anastasio, a.k.a. "El Pollo" (The Chicken), narrates to a gaucho named Laguna the performance of the opera '' Faust'', which he has just seen on a representation at a Buenos Aires theatre. Suddenly real life and fiction intersperse, with Anastasio imagining a similar story in La Pampa, while assuming the personality of the protagonist at the moment when the character signs his pact with the Devil.

Cast

* Claudio García Satur *

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* María Valenzuela *

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* Erika Wallner *

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* Héctor Pellegrini * Pedro Quartucci *

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* 1979 films 1970s Spanish-language films Films directed by Luis Saslavsky 1970s fantasy films Argentine fantasy films Films based on novels Films based on multiple works Films based on Goethe's Faust The Devil in film 1970s Argentine films {{1970s-Argentina-film-stub