''Three Men of the River'' ( es, Tres hombres del río) is a

1943 Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 1 – WWII: The Soviet Union announces that 22 German divisions have been encircled at Stalingrad, with 175,000 killed and 137,650 captured. * January 4 – ...

Argentine Argentines (mistakenly translated Argentineans in the past; in Spanish (masculine) or (feminine)) are people identified with the country of Argentina. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Argentines, s ...

crime drama film In ordinary language, a crime is an unlawful act punishable by a state or other authority. The term ''crime'' does not, in modern criminal law, have any simple and universally accepted definition,Farmer, Lindsay: "Crime, definitions of", in Can ...

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 ...

and starring

Elisa Galvé Elisa Christian Galvé (July 20, 1922 in Buenos Aires – October 20, 2000 in Rome) was an Argentina, Argentine actress. She was best known for her roles in films in the 1940s and 1950s, during the Golden Age of Argentine cinema. She made her fi ...

and José Olarra. The film is based on an old Argentine legend about an Aztec girl who is raped and murdered by vandals and dumped in a river. A flower blossoms at the place in which she was killed and misfortune falls upon the culprits. ''Three Men of the River'' was one of the most critically acclaimed films of 1943 in Argentina, winning five Silver Condor awards at the

1944 Argentine Film Critics Association Awards The 1944 Argentine Film Critics Association Awards ceremony was held in Buenos Aires on 4 April 1944 to honour the best films and contributors to Argentine cinema in 1943. Awards given *Best Film (Mejor Película): '' Juvenilia'' *Best Direct ...

, with cinematographers

Leo Fleider Leo Fleider (October 12, 1913 in Hermanowa, Poland - August 5, 1977 in Buenos Aires, Argentina) was a Polish born Argentine film director and screenwriter, and one of the influential directors in the Cinema of Argentina of the classic era. ...

and

Francis Boeniger Francis Boeniger was an Argentine cinematographer.Finkielman p.46 He worked on around seventy films during his career. Selected filmography * ''The Soul of the Accordion'' (1935) * '' New Port'' (1936) * ''Three Men of the River'' (1943) * '' ...

winning the Silver Condor Awards for Best Camera Operator and Best Cinematography respectively, and

Leticia Scuri 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 ''Kilómetr ...

winning the

Silver Condor Award for Best Supporting Actress The Silver Condor Award for Best Supporting Actress ( es, Premio Cóndor de Plata a la mejor actriz de reparto), given by the Argentine Film Critics Association The Argentine Film Critics Association ( es, Asociación de Cronistas Cinematográfic ...

. The film also won

Best Original Screenplay The Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay is the Academy Award for the best screenplay not based upon previously published material. It was created in 1940 as a separate writing award from the Academy Award for Best Story. Beginning with the ...

and

Best Music Best or The Best may refer to: People * Best (surname), people with the surname Best * Best (footballer, born 1968), retired Portuguese footballer Companies and organizations * Best & Co., an 1879–1971 clothing chain * Best Lock Corporation ...

. At the

Argentine Academy of Cinematography Arts and Sciences The Argentine Academy of Cinematography Arts and Sciences ( es, Academia de las Artes y Ciencias Cinematográficas de la Argentina - AACCA) is an industry association in Argentina founded in 2004. Each year the Academy present the '' Premios Sur'' ...

awards it also won Best Director for Soffici, Best Original Screenplay, Best Supporting Actress for Scuri, and Best Cinematography and Best Camera Operator for Boeniger and Fleider.

Cast

* José Olarra *

Agustín Irusta Agustín Ernesto Irusta (born 19 July 1942) is a former Argentine football goalkeeper who played most of his career for San Lorenzo de Almagro. Irusta was born in Villa María, Cordoba. He made his professional debut for San Lorenzo on 23 Jun ...

Luis Aldás Luis Aldás (10 March 1910 – 16 May 1990) was an Argentine film actor.Pitts p.356 He emigrated to Mexico and became a star during the Golden age of Mexican cinema. He appeared in more than fifty films during his career. Aldás was married four t ...

Juan José Míguez Juan José Miguez (1918–1995) was an Argentine actor.Mizraje p.323 He appeared in more than thirty films during his career including co-starring alongside Eva Perón in ''The Prodigal'' (1946) during the Golden Age of Argentine Cinema. Later in ...

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 ...

* Lucy Blanco * Roberto Ferradás * Luis Tortorelli

References

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* 1943 films 1940s Spanish-language films Argentine black-and-white films Films directed by Mario Soffici 1943 crime drama films Argentine crime drama films 1940s Argentine films {{1940s-Argentina-film-stub