Germán Gelpi (1909–1982) was an Argentine artist and
art director
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It is the charge of a sole art director to supervise and ...
designing sets for films and the theatre.
[Pellettieri p.346] Gelpi worked on more than eighty films in a career that began during the
Golden Age of Argentine Cinema
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.
Selected filmography
* ''
Savage Pampas'' (1945)
* ''
Where Words Fail
''Where Words Fail'' (Spanish:''Donde mueren las palabras'') is a 1946 Argentine drama film directed by Hugo Fregonese and starring Enrique Muiño, Dario Garzay and Héctor Méndez. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Germán Gel ...
'' (1946)
* ''
From Man to Man
''From Man to Man'' (Spanish:''De hombre a hombre'') is a 1949 Argentine film directed by Hugo Fregonese.Rist p.259 The film's art direction was by Germán Gelpi and Mario Vanarelli.
Cast
* Tito Alonso
* Jorge Arias
* Luis de Lucía ...
'' (1949)
* ''
The Earring
''The Earring'' (Spanish:''El Pendiente'') is a 1951 Argentine thriller film directed by León Klimovsky and starring Mirtha Legrand. It is a film noir based on a story by Cornell Woolrich.Spicer p.437 The film's art direction was by Germán G ...
'' (1951)
* ''
Sucedió en Buenos Aires'' (1954)
References
Bibliography
* Pellettieri, Osvaldo. ''Historia del teatro argentino en las provincias, Volume 2''. Editorial Galerna, 2005.
External links
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1909 births
1982 deaths
Argentine art directors
Artists from Buenos Aires
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