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1944 Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 2 – WWII: ** Free French General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny is appointed to command French Army B, part of the Sixth United States Army Group in Nor ...

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 ...

film A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere ...

. It is notable for being an

anti-Nazi Anti-fascism is a political movement in opposition to fascist ideologies, groups and individuals. Beginning in European countries in the 1920s, it was at its most significant shortly before and during World War II, where the Axis powers wer ...

film made in neutral Argentina during

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and set in

occupied France The Military Administration in France (german: Militärverwaltung in Frankreich; french: Occupation de la France par l'Allemagne) was an interim occupation authority established by Nazi Germany during World War II to administer the occupied zo ...

. Shot from August to November 1943 in Cordoba Province, the release was put on hold for more than a year, pending authorization by the pro-Axis military government of that time. The film is also remembered in Argentina for

Libertad Lamarque Libertad Lamarque Bouza (; 24 November 1908 – 12 December 2000) was a Mexican-Argentine actress and singer, one of the icons of the Golden Age of Argentine and Mexican cinema. She achieved fame throughout Latin America, and became known as " ...

's performance of the

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 ...

''Uno'', composed by

Mariano Mores Mariano Alberto Martínez (18 February 1918 13 April 2016), known professionally as Mariano Mores, was an Argentine tango composer and pianist. Biography Mariano Martínez was born in the San Telmo section of Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 1918. ...

and

Enrique Santos Discépolo Enrique Santos Discépolo (''Discepolín'') (27 March 1901 – 23 December 1951) was an Argentine tango and milonga musician and composer, author of famous tangos like ''Cambalache'' and many others performed by several of the most important s ...

Plot

A female Argentine

singer in occupied France (Libertad Lamarque) gets romantically involved with a Resistance member (Juan José Miguez). A local

Gestapo The (), abbreviated Gestapo (; ), was the official secret police of Nazi Germany and in German-occupied Europe. The force was created by Hermann Göring in 1933 by combining the various political police agencies of Prussia into one organi ...

commander (Alberto Bello) tries to convince her to infiltrate the Resistance in exchange for her little daughter's safety.

Cast

...Lola Morel *

Juan José Míguez Juan José Miguez (1918–1995) was an Argentine actor.Mizraje p.323 He appeared in more than thirty films during his career including co-starring alongside Eva Perón in ''The Prodigal'' (1946) during the Golden Age of Argentine Cinema. Later in ...

...Daniel *

Alberto Bello Alberto Bello (1897–1963) was an Argentine actor who appeared in more than 40 films during his career including ''Madame Bovary'' (1947).Goble p.159 Selected filmography * ''Marriage in Buenos Aires'' (1940) * '' Isabelita'' (1940) * ''El tesor ...

...Herr Kleit *

María Esther Buschiazzo María Esther Buschiazzo (1889–1971) was an Argentine actress.Seibel, Beatriz (2002). ''Historia del Teatro Argentino: Desde Los Rituales Hasta 1930''. Volume 1. Corregidor, p. 379. Filmography *''Hombre de la esquina rosada'' (1962) *'' La ...

…Madame Gené *

Ernesto Raquén Ernesto, form of the name Ernest in several Romance languages, may refer to: * ''Ernesto'' (novel) (1953), an unfinished autobiographical novel by Umberto Saba, published posthumously in 1975 ** ''Ernesto'' (film), a 1979 Italian drama loosely ba ...

…Jaime *

Florence Marly Florence Marly (2 June 1919 – 9 November 1978) was a Czech-born French film actress. During World War II, Marly moved to neutral Argentina with her Jewish husband, film director Pierre Chenal, where she appeared in several films. She also acted ...

...Agent "Pilar" *

Homero Cárpena Homero Cárpena (14 February 1910 – 17 January 2001) was an Argentine film actor born in Mar del Plata. He appeared in 72 films between 1933 and 1972 although the bulk of his work was in the late 1930s and 1940s. He starred in '' El hombre ...

...Resistance's driver * Rene Mugica...Kleit's assistant

Notes

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