Women Who Work (1938 film)

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Mujeres que trabajan
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Directed by Manuel Romero
Written byManuel Romero
Starring Niní Marshall
Mecha Ortiz
Tito Lusiardo
Music byAlberto Soiffer
Francisco Balaguer
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77 minutes
CountryArgentina
LanguageSpanish

Women Who Work (Spanish : Mujeres que trabajan) is a 1938 Argentine comedy film drama directed by Manuel Romero. The film premiered in Buenos Aires and starred Tito Lusiardo.

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In a 2022 poll of The 100 Greatest Films of Argentine Cinema presented at the Mar del Plata International Film Festival, the film reached number 49. [1]

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References

  1. "Mujeres que trabajan" (in Spanish). Encuesta de cine argentino 2022. 11 November 2022. Retrieved 13 November 2022.