''Operación Fangio'' is a 1999 Argentine-

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directed by

Alberto Lecchi Alberto is the Romance version of the Latinized form (''Albertus'') of Germanic ''Albert''. It is used in Italian, Portuguese and Spanish. The diminutive forms are ''Albertito'' in Spain or ''Albertico'' in some parts of Latin America, Albertin ...

and starring

Darío Grandinetti Darío Alejandro Grandinetti (born March 5, 1959) is an Argentine actor. He is known for his numerous roles in television, theater and film, where he participated in films by renowned directors such as Alejandro Doria, Pedro Almodóvar and Dami ...

. The film's subject is the 1958 kidnapping of Juan Manuel Fangio in

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, ahead of the 1958 Cuban Grand Prix.''Operación Fangio''

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1999 films 1990s sports drama films Argentine sports drama films Cuban drama films Argentine auto racing films Cuban auto racing films Films set in Havana Films set in the 1950s Fiction set in 1958 Films about kidnapping Biographical films about sportspeople Cultural depictions of Juan Manuel Fangio Films directed by Alberto Lecchi 1999 drama films Juan Manuel Fangio 1990s Argentine films {{1990s-Argentina-film-stub