Swan Song (1945 film)

1945 Argentine film

Swan Song

Directed by| Carlos Hugo Christensen
Written by| César Tiempo
Starring|

* Mecha Ortiz
* Roberto Escalada
* Miguel Gómez Bao
* Nicolás Fregues

Cinematography| Alfredo Traverso
Edited by| Antonio Rampoldi
Music by| George Andreani

Production
company

Lumiton

Distributed by| Lumiton

Release date

* 27 April 1945 (1945-04-27)

Running time

| 109 minutes
Country| Argentina
Language| Spanish

Swan Song (Spanish:El canto del cisne) is a 1945 Argentine romantic drama film directed by Carlos Hugo Christensen and starring Mecha Ortiz, Roberto Escalada and Miguel Gómez Bao. The film portrays the ultimately tragic relationship between a young composer and a more mature woman. For her performance Ortiz was awarded the Argentine Film Academy's Silver Condor prize for Best Actress.[1]

## Cast

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* Mecha Ortiz as Flora Jordán
* Roberto Escalada as Miguel Angel
* Miguel Gómez Bao as Mendoza
* Nicolás Fregues as Leopoldo Jordán
* Nelly Darén as Susana Jordán
* Juan Corona as Doctor Menéndez
* Susana Freyre as Sofía
* Rita Juárez as Beatriz
* María Armand as Dora
* Aurelia Ferrer

## References

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1. ^ Rist p.156

## Bibliography

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* Rist, Peter H. Historical Dictionary of South American Cinema. Rowman & Littlefield, 2014.

## External links

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* Swan Song at IMDb

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Films directed by Carlos Hugo Christensen

1939-1949|

* El buque embotellado (1939)
* The Englishman of the Bones (1940)
* White Eagle (1941)
* La novia de primavera (1942)
* Locos de verano(1942)
* Noche de bodas (1942)
* Los chicos crecen (1942)
* Safo, historia de una pasión (1943)
* Sixteen (1943)
* La pequeña señora de Pérez (1944)
* Las seis suegras de Barba Azul (1945)
* Swan Song (1945)
* La señora de Pérez se divorcia (1945)
* The Lady of Death (1946)
* Adam and the Serpent (1946)
* The Naked Angel (1946)
* Los Verdes paraísos (1947)
* Con el diablo en el cuerpo (1947)
* Una Atrevida aventurita (1948)
* Los pulpos (1948)
* La muerte camina en la lluvia (1948)
* ¿Por qué mintió la cigüeña? (1949)
* The Demon is an Angel (1949)
* The Yacht Isabel Arrived This Afternoon (1949)
* The Trap (1949)

1950s|

* Si muero antes de despertar (1952)
* Don't Ever Open That Door (1952)
* Black Ermine (1953)
* Un ángel sin pudor (1953)
* María Magdalena (1954)
* Mãos Sangrentas (1955)
* Leonora of the Seven Seas (1955)
* Matemática Zero, Amor Dez (1958)
* Amor para Três (1958)
* Three Loves in Rio (1959)

1960s|

* Esse Rio que Eu Amo (1960)
* O Rei Pelé (1962)
* Viagem aos Seios de Duília (1964)
* Crônica da Cidade Amada (1964)
* Bossa Nova (1964)
* O Menino e o Vento (1967)
* Como Matar um Playboy (1968)

1970-1996|

* Anjos e Demônios (1970)
* Uma Pantera em Minha Cama (1971)
* Caingangue (1973)
* A Mulher do Desejo (1975)
* Enigma para Demônios (1975)
* A Morte Transparente (1978)
* A Intrusa (1979)
* Runnin' After Love (1980)
* ¿Somos? (1982)
* A Casa de Açúcar (1996)

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