''The Cat'' ( es, La gata) is a 1947 Argentine

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

Mario Soffici Mario Soffici (14 May 1900 – 10 May 1977) was an Argentine film director, actor and screenwriter of the classic era. Biography A native of Florence, Soffici moved to Argentina in the 1920s and began acting in 1931 and directing in 1935 on th ...

, based on a play by Rino Alessi. It was entered into the

1947 Cannes Film Festival The 2nd Cannes Film Festival was held from 12 to 25 September 1947. The new building that was meant to host the festival, the Palais du Festival, was still not ready, and the festival was held amid many technical and financial problems. In 1947, ...

Plot

Two upper-class women and a young man became trapped in a love triangle which eventually evolved into a tragedy.

Cast

Zully Moreno Zulema Esther González Borbón, better known as Zully Moreno (October 17, 1920 in Villa Ballester, Buenos Aires – December 25, 1999 in Buenos Aires), was an Argentine film actress of the Golden Age of Argentine Cinema (1940–1960). She a ...

Sabina Olmos Sabina Olmos (1913–1999) pseudonym of Rosa Herminia Gómez Ramos was an Argentine film actress of the Golden Age of Argentine Cinema (1940–1960). She began her career as a radio songstress of folklore and tango. Later, she developed a long ...

Nélida Bilbao Nélida Bilbao (1918 – August 1990) was an Argentine film actress.Richard p.280 She appeared in twenty-six films between 1938 and 1963. Filmography * ''Women Who Work'' (1938) * ''Jettatore'' (1938) * ''Mi suegra es una fiera'' (1939) * ''Div ...

Enrique Diosdado Enrique Diosdado (May 6, 1910 – December 1, 1983) was a Spanish actor. He is sometimes credited as Enrique Alvarez Diosdado. Diosdado was a leading man of Argentine and Spanish films of the 1940s and 1950s. His daughter, Ana Diosdado, was a lead ...

(as Enrique Álvarez Diosdado) *

Alberto Closas Alberto Closas Lluró (30 October 1921, in Barcelona – 19 September 1994, in Madrid) was a prolific Spanish film actor who appeared in the Cinema of Argentina in the 1940s and 1950s and in Spanish cinema after 1955. His family emigrated to ...

Horacio Priani Horacio Priani (21 May 1912 – 29 May 1964) was an Argentine film actor.AFI Catalog p.463 Selected filmography * ''The Gaucho Priest'' (1941) * ''His Best Student'' (1944) * ''Women's Refuge'' (1946) * '' The Cat'' (1947) * ''My Poor Beloved Mo ...

Carlos Alajarín Carlos may refer to: Places ;Canada * Carlos, Alberta, a locality ;United States * Carlos, Indiana, an unincorporated community * Carlos, Maryland, a place in Allegany County * Carlos, Minnesota, a small city * Carlos, West Virginia ;Elsewhere ...

Tito Grassi Tito may refer to: People Mononyms * Josip Broz Tito (1892–1980), commonly known mononymously as Tito, Yugoslav communist revolutionary and statesman *Roberto Arias (1918–1989), aka Tito, Panamanian international lawyer, diplomat, and journa ...

Violeta Martino Violeta is the form of the female given name Violet in use in several languages. It can mean: People * Violeta (given name), female given name Movies * Violeta Went to Heaven (Spanish: ''Violeta se fue a los cielos''), a 2011 Chilean film Musi ...

Adolfo Linvel Adolfo Linvel (1911 – July 8, 1986) was an Argentine actor. He starred in the 1950 film '' Arroz con leche'' under director Carlos Schlieper. He gained widespread fame in the role of the father of ''Los Campanelli'', a popular Argentine TV ...

References

External links

* 1947 films 1947 drama films Argentine drama films 1940s Spanish-language films Argentine black-and-white films Films directed by Mario Soffici 1940s Argentine films {{1940s-drama-film-stub