Alejandro Wehner was an Argentinian film director. His work included

Diez segundos ''Diez segundos'' (''Ten Seconds'') is a 1949 Argentine film directed by Alejandro Wehner, produced by Emelco studios. The film is a boxing drama starring Ricardo Duggan, María Esther Buschiazzo, Patricia Castell, Carlos D'Agostino (voice), D ...

(1949), Rio turbio (1951) and Fierro a fondo (1952). His first film, ''

'' (Ten Seconds), was based on Horacio Estol's 1946 book on the Argentinian boxer

Luis Ángel Firpo Luis Ángel Firpo (October 11, 1894 – August 7, 1960) was an Argentine boxer. Born in Junín, Argentina, he was nicknamed ''The Wild Bull of the Pampas''. Boxing career In 1917, Firpo began his professional boxing career by beating Frank H ...

. The book was weak and Wehner was inexperienced, resulting in a disappointing film. ''Rio Turbio'' is a melodrama about miners in the remote town of

Rio Turbio Rio or Río is the Portuguese, Spanish, Italian, and Maltese word for "river". When spoken on its own, the word often means Rio de Janeiro, a major city in Brazil. Rio or Río may also refer to: Geography Brazil * Rio de Janeiro * Rio do Sul, a ...

, communicating a patriotic message about the New Argentina.

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