The Circus Cavalcade

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The Circus Cavalcade
LaCabalgatadelcircoposter.jpg
Directed by
Written by
Starring
Cinematography
Edited by Carlos Rinaldi
Music by Isidro B. Maiztegui
Distributed by Estudios San Miguel
Release date
  • May 30, 1945 (1945-05-30)(Argentina)
Running time
91 minutes
Country Argentina
Language Spanish

The Circus Cavalcade (Spanish : La cabalgata del circo) is a 1945 Argentine musical film directed and written by Mario Soffici with Eduardo Boneo and Francisco Madrid. The film was shot on black-and-white stock with a monaural soundtrack. It stars Libertad Lamarque and Hugo del Carril.

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In 2022, it was selected as the 52nd greatest film of Argentine cinema in a poll organized by the specialized magazines La vida útil, Taipei and La tierra quema, which was presented at the Mar del Plata International Film Festival. [1]

Plot Outline

The lives, loves and vicissitudes of a group of circus performers in the Argentine Pampas around the turn of the century are played out in this drama with songs.

Cast

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References

  1. "Top 100" (in Spanish). Encuesta de cine argentino 2022. 11 November 2022. Retrieved 13 November 2022.