''El Fausto criollo'' ("The Creole Faust") is a 1979 Argentine

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directed by

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and Miguel Angel Lumaldo.''El Fausto criollo''

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It was written by Saslavsky with the collaboration of Estela Canto, Luisa Mercedes Levinson and

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, and based on the novel ''El Fausto Criollo'', by Estanislao del Campo. It stars

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, Luisa Vehil and Gerardo Romano. Oscar Aráiz was in charge of the film's choreography. It was filmed in Eastmancolor and released on October 25, 1979.

Synopsis

Anastasio, a.k.a. "El Pollo" (The Chicken), narrates to a gaucho named Laguna the performance of the opera ''

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'', which he has just seen on a representation at a

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theatre. Suddenly real life and fiction intersperse, with Anastasio imagining a similar story in

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, while assuming the personality of the protagonist at the moment when the character signs his pact with the Devil.

Cast

* Daniel Fanego *

* Luisa Vehil * Eva Franco * Eduardo Galán * Gerardo Romano *

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* Luis Medina Castro *

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* Romualdo Quiroga

References

External links

* 1979 films 1970s Spanish-language films Films directed by Luis Saslavsky 1970s fantasy films Argentine fantasy films Films based on novels Films based on multiple works Films based on Goethe's Faust The Devil in film 1970s Argentine films {{1970s-Argentina-film-stub