''Kilómetro 111'' is a

1938 Events January * January 1 – state-owned enterprise, State-owned railway networks are created by merger, in France (SNCF) and the Netherlands (Nederlandse Spoorwegen – NS). * January 20 – King Farouk of Egypt marries Saf ...

Argentine Argentines, Argentinians or Argentineans are people from Argentina. This connection may be residential, legal, historical, or cultural. For most Argentines, several (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of their ...

musical film Musical film is a film genre in which songs by the Character (arts), characters are interwoven into the narrative, sometimes accompanied by dancing. The songs usually advance the plot or develop the film's characters, but in some cases, they serv ...

drama directed by

Mario Soffici Mario Soffici (14 May 1900 – 10 May 1977) was an Italian-born Argentina, Argentine film director, actor and screenwriter notable for his work during the Golden Age of Argentine cinema. Biography Mario Soffici was born in Florence, Florence, ...

. The film premiered in

Buenos Aires Buenos Aires, controlled by the government of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Argentina. It is located on the southwest of the Río de la Plata. Buenos Aires is classified as an Alpha− glob ...

during the

Golden Age of Argentine cinema The Golden Age of Argentine cinema (Spanish language, Spanish: ''Época de Oro del cine argentino'' or other equivalent names), sometimes known interchangeably as the broader classical or classical-industrial period (Spanish: ''período clásico- ...

. This is one of several films directed by Soffici which address the social evils of historical Argentina. The film is based on Carlos Olivari's play '' La tercera invasion inglesa'' (1936), which is a fictional semi-documentary of the British railroad monopoly. The film is set in a town in central Argentina and documents the tragedy of the poverty-stricken rural farmers who are forced to sell their harvest to the railroad developers. In an attempt to avoid being exploited, the farmers send their wheat to Buenos Aires, where they fail to obtain a bank loan. In the end, it is down to the generosity of the station master that they are able to use the new line to transport their goods, although his generosity means that he is fired from his job. In a survey of the 100 greatest films of Argentine cinema carried out by the

Museo del Cine Pablo Ducrós Hicken Museo del Cine Pablo Ducrós Hicken is a museum of cinema of Argentina located in Buenos Aires. It was established on 1971 and holds a collection of 65,000 reels of film. History The Cinema Museum of the City of Buenos Aires was created on Oc ...

in 2000, the film reached the 33rd position.

Cast

* Pepe Arias * Delia Garcés * José Olarra * Ángel Magaña * Miguel Gómez Bao * Juan Bono * Inés Edmonson * Adolfo Meyer *Choly Mur *Héctor Méndez *Julio Renato *

Alberto Terrones Alberto Terrones (; 1894–1957) was an Argentine film and theater actor, with an extensive filmography. Filmography * ''Mercado de abasto'' (1955) * ''Misión extravagante'' (1954) * '' Barrio gris'' (1954) * ''Una ventana a la vida'' (1953) * ' ...

* Robert Colléy as Wisecracking Terrorist #2 *Cirilo Etulain *Arturo Podestá

References

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* 1938 films 1930s Spanish-language films Argentine black-and-white films Films directed by Mario Soffici 1930s musical drama films Argentine musical drama films 1938 drama films 1930s Argentine films Spanish-language musical drama films {{1930s-Argentina-film-stub