''The Dragonfly Is Not an Insect'' ( es, La Cigarra no es un bicho, US title ''The Games Men Play'') is a 1963 Argentine

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super ...

directed by

Daniel Tinayre Daniel Tinayre (14 September 1910 – 24 October 1994) was a French-born Argentine film director, screenwriter and film producer. Moving to Buenos Aires at a young age, Tinayre directed some 23 films between 1934 and 1974, directing films such ...

. It was entered into the

3rd Moscow International Film Festival The 3rd Moscow International Film Festival was held from 7 to 21 July 1963. The Grand Prix was awarded to the Italian film '' 8½'' directed by Federico Fellini. Jury * Grigori Chukhrai (USSR - President of the Jury) * Shaken Ajmanov (USSR) * S ...

Cast

Amelia Bence Amelia Bence (born María Amelia Batvinik; 13 November 1919 – 8 February 2016) was an Argentine film actress and one of the divas of the Golden Age of Argentine Cinema (1940–60). Born to Belarusian Jewish immigrants, Bence began her ...

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 blo ...

* Mirtha Legrand *

Malvina Pastorino Malvina Pastorino (November 16, 1916 in Buenos Aires, Argentina – May 6, 1994 in Buenos Aires, Argentina) was an Argentine film actress. Career She appeared in more than 20 film and television productions between 1949 and 1988. She was m ...

* José Cibrián *

Narciso Ibáñez Menta Narciso Ibáñez Menta (; August 25, 1912 – May 15, 2004) was a Spanish theatre, film, and television actor. Biography Born in Langreo, Asturias, Spain, Ibáñez Menta made his first stage appearance at the age of seven at the Teatro La Come ...

* Ángel Magaña *

Luis Sandrini Luis Sandrini (22 February 1905 – 5 July 1980) was a prolific Argentine comic film actor and film producer. Widely considered one of the most respected and most acclaimed Argentine comedians by the public and critics. He has made over 80 appe ...

Enrique Serrano Enrique Serrano (1891–1965) was an Argentine actor and comedian in the 1940s and 1950s. He appeared in many films of the 1940s and 1950s including '' Muchachas que estudian'', '' Asi es la vida'' (1939). He starred in some 40 films between 193 ...

Guillermo Bredeston Guillermo Juan Bredeston (24 August 1933 – 28 July 2018) was an Argentine stage, television and film actor.Aros p.166 Selected filmography * '' Pobres habrá siempre'' (1958) * '' The Dragonfly Is Not an Insect'' (1963) * '' Deliciously Amo ...

* Myriam de Urquijo *

Héctor Calcaño Héctor Calcaño (born Héctor Calcagno, 1894–1969) was an Argentine film actor. He appeared in nearly 70 films between 1933 and 1968. Filmography *''Este cura'' (1968) - a.k.a. Operación San Antonio (Argentina) *''La señora del intendente' ...

* Miguel Ligero * Oscar Valicelli * Lucio Deval *

Julio De Grazia Julio is the Spanish equivalent of the month July and may refer to: *Julio (given name) *Julio (surname) *Júlio de Castilhos, a municipality of the western part of the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil * ''Julio'' (album), a 1983 compilation albu ...

* Teresa Blasco * Diana Ingro * Leda Zanda

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* * 1963 films 1963 drama films 1960s Spanish-language films Argentine black-and-white films Films directed by Daniel Tinayre 1960s Argentine films {{1960s-Argentina-film-stub