Safo, historia de una pasión

Safo, historia de una pasión
Theatrical release poster
Directed byCarlos Hugo Christensen
Written byCésar Tiempo
Julio Porter
Based onSappho
by Alphonse Daudet
CinematographyAlfredo Traverso
Edited byA. Rampoldi
Music byGeorge Andreani
Production
company
Release date
  • September 17, 1943 (1943-09-17) (Buenos Aires)
Running time
98 minutes
CountryArgentina
LanguageSpanish

Safo, historia de una pasión is a 1943 Argentine erotic melodrama film[1][2] directed by Carlos Hugo Christensen and starring Mecha Ortiz and Roberto Escalada. The film is based on the 1884 Alphonse Daudet novel Sappho. At the 1944 Argentine Film Critics Association Awards, Ortiz won the Silver Condor Award for Best Actress for her performance as Selva in the film.[3]

In a survey of the 100 greatest films of Argentine cinema carried out by the Museo del Cine Pablo Ducrós Hicken in 2000, the film reached the 43rd position.[4]

Cast

References

  1. ^ Pardo, Soledad; Croci, Pablo (2011). "Safo, historia de una pasión: Tensión entre canon y ruptura en el primer melodrama erótico del cine argentino". Imagofagia (in Spanish) (3). Buenos Aires: Asociación Argentina de Estudios de Cine y Audiovisual. ISSN 1852-9550. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
  2. ^ Melo, Adrián (1 December 2014). "La alegría brasileña". Soy. Página/12 (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 November 2022.
  3. ^ "Ortíz, Mecha". Nuestrosactores.com.ar. Retrieved 28 May 2014.
  4. ^ "Las 100 mejores del periodo 1933-1999 del Cine Argentino". La mirada cautiva (3). Buenos Aires: Museo del Cine Pablo Ducrós Hicken: 6–14. 2000. Archived from the original on 21 November 2022. Retrieved 21 November 2022 – via Encuesta de cine argentino 2022 on Google Drive.


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