''His Best Student'' (Spanish:''Su mejor alumno'') is a

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biographical drama film directed by

Lucas Demare Lucas Demare (July 14, 1910 – September 6, 1981) was an Argentine film director, screenwriter, and film producer prominent in the Cinema of Argentina in the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s. Biography At the 1943 Argentine Film Critics Association Aw ...

and starring Enrique Muiño and

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. It was released in Buenos Aires on 22 May 1944. The film won many awards, including the award for best film of the year. In a survey of the 100 greatest films of Argentine cinema carried out by the

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in 2000, the film reached the 39th position.

Synopsis

The film is an emotional enactment of the life of Domingo Sarmiento, the son of a former president of Argentina and the father of public education in the country, Domingo Faustino Sarmiento (Enrique Muiño). "Dominguito" volunteers to fight in the Paraguayan War, in which he dies. It is based on ''Vida de Dominguito'', written by his father.

Cast

The cast included: * Enrique Muiño ( Domingo Faustino Sarmiento) *

(Dominguito) *

Orestes Caviglia Orestes Caviglia (; November 9, 1893 in Buenos Aires – April 1, 1971 in Tucumán) was an Argentine film actor and film director of the classic era of the Cinema of Argentina. He appeared in films such as ''La cabalgata del circo'' 1945 and '' ...

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Guillermo Battaglia Guillermo Battaglia (December 7, 1899September 26, 1988) was a prolific Argentine film actor of the classic era of Argentine cinema. Born in Buenos Aires, he began his film career in 1937 in ''Melodías porteñas''. Battaglia starred in over 1 ...

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Hugo Pimentel Hugo Pimentel (25 January 1919, in San Fernando, Buenos Aires – 1 June 1984, in Caracas) was an Argentine actor. He starred in the acclaimed Silver Condor-winning 1943 film '' Juvenilia''. Other notable films include '' His Best Student'' (19 ...

* Alberto de Mendoza * Judith Sulián * Domingo Márquez * Bernardo Perrone * René Mugica * Pedro Fiorito * Horacio Priani * Mario Lozano *

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* Américo Sanjurjo *

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* Carlos Lagrotta *

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Awards

The

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gave a number of awards for the film: *Best Picture: Artistas Argentinos Asociados *Best director:

*Best original story

Ulyses Petit de Murat Ulyses Petit de Murat (28 January 1907 – 19 August 1983) was an Argentine poet and screenwriter. He wrote the script for ''The Gaucho War'' (1942) with Homero Manzi based on the 1905 novel by Leopoldo Lugones. At the 1943 Argentine Film Cr ...

and

Homero Manzi Homero Nicolás Manzione Prestera, better known as Homero Manzi (November 1, 1907 – May 3, 1951) was an Argentine tango lyricist, author of various famous tangos. He was born on November 1 of 1907 in Añatuya (province of Santiago del Estero), ...

*Best Actor Enrique Muiño *Best scenography

Ralph Pappier Ralph Pappier ( 16 January 1914 in Shanghai – 17 August 1998 in Buenos Aires) was an Argentine production designer, set decorator and film director. Career Pappier was most prolific in Argentine cinema in the 1940s, and contributed to a ran ...

*Best cinematographer

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*Best sound Ramón Ator *Best editing

Carlos Rinaldi Carlos Rinaldi (February 5, 1915 – 1995 in Buenos Aires) was an Argentina, Argentine film director, film editor and screenwriter. Rinaldi began as a film editor in 1937 but in 1949 he became a film director and directed some 30 pictures w ...

At the

1945 Argentine Film Critics Association Awards The 1945 Argentine Film Critics Association Awards ceremony was held in Buenos Aires on 4 January 1945 to honour the best films and contributors to Argentine cinema in 1944. Awards given *Best Film (Mejor Película): ''Su mejor alumno'' *Best D ...

the film won

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( Enrique Muiño),

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(

Ulises Petit de Murat Ulyses Petit de Murat (28 January 1907 – 19 August 1983) was an Argentine poet and screenwriter. He wrote the script for ''The Gaucho War'' (1942) with Homero Manzi based on the 1905 novel by Leopoldo Lugones. At the 1943 Argentine Film Cr ...

) and Best Camera Operator (

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References

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