''The Drummer of Tacuari'' ( es, El tambor de Tacuarí) is a 1948 Argentine historical drama film, directed by Carlos F. Borcosque and written by
Hugo Mac Dougall
Hugo Mac Dougall, born Hugo Mascías (9 December 1901 – 15 May 1976 in Buenos Aires) was an Argentine writer, screenwriter, and journalist. At the 1943 Argentine Film Critics Association Awards, Mac Dougall won the Silver Condor Award for Best ...
. It was premiered on July 6, 1948.
The film's plot takes place shortly after the
May Revolution
The May Revolution ( es, Revolución de Mayo) was a week-long series of events that took place from May 18 to 25, 1810, in Buenos Aires, capital of the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata. This Spanish colony included roughly the terri ...
, when a young man leaves his realist uncle and becomes a drummer for the revolutionary army.
Cast
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Juan Carlos Barbieri
Juan Carlos Barbieri (October 8, 1932 – December 11, 1996) was an Argentine stage and film actor.Pellettieri p.156 He was married to the actress Inés Moreno from 1957 until 1965, with whom he had a daughter Andrea Barbieri. He had earlier been ...
Ricardo Canales
Ricardo Gabriel Canales Lanza (born 30 May 1982) is a Honduran footballer who currently plays for Vida as a goalkeeper.
A Honduran international since 2009, he represented his nation for two Gold Cups and Fifa World Cup 2010.
Club career
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Norma Giménez
Norma Giménez (June 11, 1930 – September 21, 1957) was an Argentine stage and film actress.Insaurralde p.57
By 1957, Giménez had appeared in 24 films. At the age of 27 she committed suicide by throwing herself under a train. The reasons fo ...
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Leticia Scury
Leticia Scury, also spelled Leticia Scuri, (c. 1890 – 27 April 1950) was an Argentine actress. In 1928 she joined the Compañía Dramática de la “Casa del Arte”in Montevideo, Uruguay. She entered film in 1938 in Mario Soffici's ''Kilómetro ...
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Homero Cárpena
Homero Cárpena (14 February 1910 – 17 January 2001) was an Argentine film actor born in Mar del Plata. He appeared in 72 films between 1933 and 1972 although the bulk of his work was in the late 1930s and 1940s. He starred in '' El hombre ...
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Cirilo Etulain
Cirilo Etulain was an Argentine stage and film actor.Velez p.148 He was married to the opera singer Noemí Souza.
Selected filmography
* '' Educating Niní'' (1940)
* ''By the Light of a Star'' (1941)
* ''The Song of the Suburbs
''The Song of t ...
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Manolo Díaz
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Coaching career
Born in Madrid, Díaz began his managerial career at the ''Juvenil'' squad of R ...
Jorge Villoldo
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The Latin form ''Georgius'' ...
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Ada Cornaro
Ada Cornaro (29 June 1881 – 19 March 1961) was a prominent Argentine film and theatre actress, tango dancer and singer of the 1930s and 1940s.
Although she entered film in 1924 her claim to fame was in the 1930 tango film hit ''Adiós Argent ...
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Mario Vanarelli
Mario Vanarelli (1917–2005) was an Argentine art director.Cowie & Elley p.20
Selected filmography
* ''Back in the Seventies'' (1945)
* ''Two Angels and a Sinner'' (1945)
* ''Where Words Fail'' (1946)
* ''From Man to Man'' (1949)
* ''The New Bell ...
Ricardo Trigo
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People Given name
*Ricardo de Araújo Pereira, Portugue ...
José Castro
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Francisco Audenino
Francisco Audenino (died 1964) was an Argentine film actor who appeared in around fifty productions, generally in supporting roles.Borrás p.32
Selected filmography
* ''Our Land of Peace'' (1939)
* '' The Three Rats'' (1946)
* ''Dance of Fire'' ( ...
Iván Grondona
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