''La Gaucha'' is a 1920

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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 and written by

José A. Ferreyra José A(gustín) Ferreyra (28 August 1889 – 29 January 1943), popularly known as "Negro Ferreyra" (Black Ferreyra, due to his partially African ancestry), was an early Argentine film director, screenwriter and film producer. He was also sometim ...

with

Leopoldo Torres Ríos Leopoldo Torres Ríos (27 December 1899 – 10 April 1960) was an Argentine film director and screenwriter. His brother Carlos Torres Ríos was a notable cinematographer. His son was the film director and screenwriter Leopoldo Torre Nilsson. ...

. The film premiered in

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on 27 April 1920.

Cast

* Álvaro Escobar as Lamento, el trovador del pago *

Elena Guido Elena may refer to: People * Elena (given name), including a list of people and characters with this name * Joan Ignasi Elena (born 1968), Catalan politician * Francine Elena (born 1986), British poet Geography * Elena (town), a town in Veliko ...

as Justiniana, la malquerida * Rosa Guido as Juanita, la ardilla * María Halm as another victim * Jorge Lafuente as José María, el peón de campo *

Lidia Liss Lidia may refer to: * Lidia (given name) * ''Lidia'' (spider), a spider genus * Hurricane Lidia, multiple storms * ''Comoedia Lydiae'', a medieval Latin elegiac comedy from the late twelfth century * Spanish Fighting Bull, also known as ''toro ...

as Marga, la gaucha * Antonio Magatón as Don Braulio, tata viejo * Yolanda de Maintenon as Judith, la víctima *

Enrique Parigi Enrique () is the Spanish variant of the given name Heinrich of Germanic origin. Equivalents in other languages are Henry (English), Enric (Catalan), Enrico (Italian), Henrik (Swedish, Danish, and Norwegian), Heinrich (German), Hendrik, Henk (Dut ...

as Ernesto Valvi, el hijo del patrón * Eduardo Leal Pizano as Jorgito, el impecable *

José Plá José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced differently in each language: Spanish ; Portuguese (or ). In French, the name ''José'', pronounced , is an old vernacul ...

as Don Pablo, el capataz * Elsa Rey .... Rosita, la hija del capataz * Armando René Sentous .... Juancho, el buen muchacho

References

External links

* 1920 films 1920s Spanish-language films Argentine black-and-white films Films directed by José A. Ferreyra Argentine silent films {{1920s-Argentina-film-stub