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 melodrama film of the classical era of Argentine cinema, 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. Her performance won Ortiz the Argentine Film Academy's Silver Condor Award 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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