Swan Song (1945 film)

Swan Song
Directed by	Carlos Hugo Christensen
Written by	César Tiempo
Starring	Mecha Ortiz Roberto Escalada Miguel Gómez Bao Nicolás Fregues
Music by	George Andreani
Cinematography	Alfredo Traverso
Edited by	Antonio Rampoldi
Production company	Lumiton
Distributed by	Lumiton
Release dates	27 April 1945
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

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
Esperanza Palomero
Ernesto Villegas

References

↑ Rist p.156

Bibliography

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

External links

Swan Song at the Internet Movie Database

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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