''The House of the Angel'' ( es, La casa del ángel) is a 1957 Argentine

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directed by

Leopoldo Torre Nilsson Leopoldo Torre Nilsson (5 May 1924 – 8 September 1978), also known as Leo Towers and as Babsy, was an Argentine film director, producer and screenwriter. Born as Leopoldo Torres Nilsson (he later changed his paternal surname from Torres to ...

based the novel of the same name by his wife

Beatriz Guido Beatriz Guido (13 December 1924 – 4 March 1988) was an Argentine novelist and screenwriter. Biography Guido was born in Rosario, Santa Fe Province, the daughter of architect Ángel Guido (renowned as the creator of the National Flag Memoria ...

, who also co-wrote the screenplay. The film was entered into the 10th Cannes Film Festival, where it competed for the

Palme d'Or The Palme d'Or (; en, Golden Palm) is the highest prize awarded at the Cannes Film Festival. It was introduced in 1955 by the festival's organizing committee. Previously, from 1939 to 1954, the festival's highest prize was the Grand Prix du Fe ...

prize. The film is considered a turning point in the history of

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, as its international success contributed to the development of more national productions. It was selected as the second greatest Argentine film of all time in a poll conducted by the

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in 1977, while it ranked 6th in the 1984 edition and 10th in the 2000 edition. In a new version of the survey organized in 2022 by the specialized magazines ''La vida util'', ''Taipei'' and ''La tierra quema'', presented at the

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, the film reached the 22 position.

Cast

Elsa Daniel Elsa Daniel born Elsa Nilda Gómez Scapatti (13 November 1936 – 25 June 2017) was an Argentine film actress. She entered film in the 1954 classic '' The Grandfather'' and made some 30 appearances in film between then and 1987. Daniel, a blon ...

- Ana *

Lautaro Murúa Lautaro Murúa (; 29 December 1926 in Tacna, Chile – 3 December 1995 in Madrid) was a Chilean-Argentine actor, film director, and screenwriter. He is one of the best known actors in the cinema of Argentina. Born in Chile, Murúa moved to ...

- Pablo Aguirre *

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 ...

- Dr. Castro, Father of Ana *

Berta Ortegosa Berta Ortegosa (1920–2010) was an Argentine actress. She starred in films such as ''Historia de una mala mujer'' (1947), '' Albéniz'' (1947), '' Don Juan Tenorio'' (1949), ''Hombres a precio'' (1949), ''Catita es una dama'' (1956), ''La casa ...

- Señora de Castro, Mather of Ana * Yordana Fain - Naná *

Bárbara Mujica Bárbara Mujica (née Bárbara Moinelo Múgica; stage name Barbara Moinelo; Buenos Aires, March 13, 1944 - Buenos Aires, August 1, 1990) was an Argentine film, stage, and television actress of the 1960s and 1970s. Her mother was the actress Alb ...

- Vicenta *

Alejandro Rey Alejandro Rey (February 8, 1930 – May 21, 1987) was an Argentine-American actor and television director. Career Early work Rey was born in Buenos Aires and studied acting under Hedwig Schlichter and Milagros de la Vega. He became known a ...

- Julian *

Lili Gacel Lidia Ángela "Lili" Massaferro (23 November 1926 – 26 April 2001) was an Argentine actress and Montonero militant. Biography In the mid-1940s, Lili Massaferro studied Philosophy and Literature. She married very young to free herself from her ...

- Julieta *

Alicia Bellán Alicia Bellán (10 October 1931 – 10 July 2018) was an Argentine film actress who also worked as a theatre professional and as a television actress during her early career. She graduated at the Universidad Nacional de las Artes during the ...

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