''The Phantom Lady'' (Spanish: ''La Dama duende'') is a

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directed by

Luis Saslavsky Luis Saslavsky (April 21, 1903 – March 20, 1995) was an Argentine film director, screenwriter and film producer, and one of the influential directors in the Cinema of Argentina of the classic era. Personal life Saskavsky was born in Rosario, Sa ...

. At the 1946 Argentine Film Critics Association Awards the film won Silver Condor Awards for

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and

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. It is based on a seventeenth-century comedy with the same name by

Pedro Calderón de la Barca Pedro Calderón de la Barca y Barreda González de Henao Ruiz de Blasco y Riaño (, ; ; 17 January 160025 May 1681) was a Spanish dramatist, poet, writer and knight of the Order of Santiago. He is known as one of the most distinguished Baroque w ...

, translated as '' The Phantom Lady''. However, the film alters the play considerably - the plot is heavily rewritten, and the style of dialogue is completely changed. Calderon's comedy is written in verse, while the screenplay of the film is in prose and contains scenes not found in the play. The final scene includes a fierce storm from which the hero rescues the heroine and declares his love for her, a scene added to the film. It was selected as the eighth greatest Argentine film of all time in a poll conducted by the

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in 1977.

Plot

Cast

Delia Garcés Delia Amadora García Gerboles better known as Delia Garcés (; 13 October 1919 – 7 November 2001) was an Argentine film actress of the Golden Age of Argentine Cinema (1940–1960). She made almost 30 appearances in film between 1937 and 1959 ...

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 ...

*Paquita Garzón *Manuel Collado *Antonia Herrero *Amalia Sánchez Ariño *Alejandro Maximino *Helena Cortesina *Andrés Mejuto *Ernesto Vilches *María José *Manuel Díaz de la Haza *Francisco López Silva

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* 1945 films 1940s historical comedy films Argentine historical comedy films 1940s Spanish-language films Argentine black-and-white films Argentine films based on plays Films based on works by Pedro Calderón de la Barca Films set in the 17th century Films directed by Luis Saslavsky Films scored by Julián Bautista 1945 comedy films 1940s Argentine films {{1940s-Argentina-film-stub