''The Soul of a Tango'' (Spanish:''El Alma de un tango'') is a 1945 Argentine

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directed and written by

Julio Irigoyen Julio Irigoyen (1 July 1894 – 29 August 1967 Buenos Aires) was an Argentine film director. Irigoyen began directing in 1923. His first film was De Nuestras Pampas. He directed films such as the 1942 film '' Academia El Tango Argentino''. ...

and starring Héctor Palacios,

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and

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.Plazaola p.105 The film was part of the popular genre of

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s. It premiered on 20 April 1945.

Cast

* Héctor Palacios *

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* Tino Tori *

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* Lea Ocampo * Mauricio Bilevich * Trio Gedeón * Yuria Kramer *

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References

Bibliography

* Plazaola, Luis Trelles. ''South American Cinema''. La Editorial UPR, 1989.

External links

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