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A list of films produced in Argentina in 1946:
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This is an index to pages listing Argentine films ordered by year of release. For an A-Z list, see Category:Argentine films.
Amelia Bence was an Argentine film actress and one of the divas of the Golden Age of Argentine cinema during the 1930s and 1950s.
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Carlos Hugo Christensen was an Argentine film director, screenwriter and film producer, an iconic figure of the classical era of Argentine cinema.
Luis Bayón Herrera was a Spanish film director and screenwriter who worked in Argentine film of the 1940s and 1950s. He was "one of the most important directors of the Golden Age of Argentine cinema".
Mario Soffici was an Italian-born Argentine film director, actor and screenwriter notable for his work during the Golden Age of Argentine cinema.
Tulio Demicheli was an Argentine born Spanish film director, screenwriter and film producer notable for his work during the classical era of Argentine cinema.
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The Phantom Lady is a 1945 Argentine film directed by Luis Saslavsky during the classical era of Argentina cinema. At the 1946 Argentine Film Critics Association Awards the film won Silver Condor Awards for Best Film, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Music. It is based on a seventeenth-century comedy with the same name by Pedro Calderón de la Barca, translated as The Phantom Lady. However, the film alters the play considerably - the plot is heavily rewritten, and the style of dialogue is completely changed. Calderon's comedy is written in verse, while the screenplay of the film is in prose and contains scenes not found in the play. The final scene includes a fierce storm from which the hero rescues the heroine and declares his love for her, a scene added to the film.
Celos is a 1946 Argentine melodrama film of the classical era of Argentine cinema, directed by Mario Soffici and starring Pedro López Lagar and Zully Moreno. It won four Silver Condor awards, including Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor and Best Original Screenplay, given by the Argentine Film Critics Association in 1947 for the best films and performances of the previous year.
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