''Swan Song'' (Spanish:''El canto del cisne'') is a 1945 Argentine romantic

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...

directed by

Carlos Hugo Christensen Carlos Hugo Christensen (Santiago del Estero, 15 December 1914 – Rio de Janeiro, 30 November 1999) was an Argentina, Argentine film director, screenwriter and film producer. He was of Danes, Danish descent through his paternal side. Christensen ...

and starring

Mecha Ortiz Mecha Ortiz (née María Mercedes Varela Nimo Domínguez Castro; 1900–1987) was a classic Argentine actress who appeared in film between 1937 and 1981, during the Golden Age of Argentine Cinema. At the 1944 Argentine Film Critics Association A ...

Roberto Escalada Roberto Escalada born Aldo Roberto Leggero (4 July 1914 – 5 December 1986 in Buenos Aires) was an Argentine actor, an icon of the classic era of Argentine cinema. Roberto Escalada began his career working on the radio, and it was his voice ...

and

Miguel Gómez Bao Miguel Gómez Bao (1894 – 17 September 1961) was a Spanish-born Argentine actor of the Golden Age of Argentine cinema. He appeared in films such as '' Amalia'', (1936), '' Safo, historia de una pasión'' (1943) and '' La pequeña señora ...

. The film portrays the ultimately tragic relationship between a young composer and a more mature woman. For her performance Ortiz was awarded the Argentine Film Academy's

Silver Condor The Argentine Film Critics Association ( es, Asociación de Cronistas Cinematográficos de la Argentina) is an organization of Argentine-based journalists and correspondents. The association presents the ''Silver Condor Awards'' (''Premios Cóndor ...

prize for

Best Actress Best Actress is the name of an award which is presented by various film, television and theatre organisations, festivals, and people's awards to leading actresses in a film, television series, television film or play. The first Best Actress awar ...

.Rist p.156

Cast

as Flora Jordán *

as Miguel Angel *

as Mendoza * Nicolás Fregues as Leopoldo Jordán * Nelly Darén as Susana Jordán * Juan Corona as Doctor Menéndez *

Susana Freyre Susana Guenola Zubiri (better known as Susana Freyre) is an Argentine actress. She appeared in 30 films and television shows between 1945 and 1984. She starred in the film ''Three Loves in Rio'', which was entered into the 9th Berlin Internation ...

as Sofía * Rita Juárez as Beatriz *

María Armand María Armand (born March 22, 1917) was an Argentine dancer, stage and film actress.Pellettieri p.156 She appeared in around thirty films during her career. Her sister was the stage actress Ángela Armand. Filmography *1938: The Gossiper *1938: ...

as Dora *

Aurelia Ferrer Aurelia Ferrer was an Argentine film actress.Finkielman p.225 She appeared in around forty films, generally in supporting roles. Partial filmography * ''The Newsie and the Lady'' (1938) * '' The Englishman of the Bones'' (1940) * ''Noche de boda ...

References

Bibliography

* Rist, Peter H. ''Historical Dictionary of South American Cinema''. Rowman & Littlefield, 2014.

External links

* 1945 films Argentine romantic drama films 1945 romantic drama films 1940s Spanish-language films Films directed by Carlos Hugo Christensen Films about composers Argentine black-and-white films 1940s Argentine films Films scored by George Andreani {{romantic-drama-film-stub