Argentine
Argentines, Argentinians or Argentineans are people from Argentina. This connection may be residential, legal, historical, or cultural. For most Argentines, several (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of their ...
crime
In ordinary language, a crime is an unlawful act punishable by a State (polity), state or other authority. The term ''crime'' does not, in modern criminal law, have any simple and universally accepted definition,Farmer, Lindsay: "Crime, definiti ...
drama
Drama is the specific Mode (literature), mode of fiction Mimesis, represented in performance: a Play (theatre), play, opera, mime, ballet, etc., performed in a theatre, or on Radio drama, radio or television.Elam (1980, 98). Considered as a g ...
directed and written by Antonio Cunill Jr. The film was based on a screen play by
Marco Denevi
Marco Denevi (May 12, 1922 – December 12, 1998) was an Argentine author of novels, short stories, and plays, as well as a lawyer and journalist. His work is characterized by its originality and depth, as well as a criticism of human incompeten ...
. The film starred
Mario Soffici
Mario Soffici (14 May 1900 – 10 May 1977) was an Italian-born Argentina, Argentine film director, actor and screenwriter notable for his work during the Golden Age of Argentine cinema.
Biography
Mario Soffici was born in Florence, Florence, ...
and
Silvia Legrand
María Aurelia Paula Martínez Suárez (23 February 1927 – 1 May 2020), known professionally as Silvia Legrand, was an Argentine actress of the Golden Age of Argentine cinema during the 1940s and 1950s. Her birth name was Rosa Aurelia Martí ...
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Plot
Based on a real-life case in 1925, two great lawyers argue the case for and against a science teacher accused of the crime of teaching evolution.
Cast
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Mario Soffici
Mario Soffici (14 May 1900 – 10 May 1977) was an Italian-born Argentina, Argentine film director, actor and screenwriter notable for his work during the Golden Age of Argentine cinema.
Biography
Mario Soffici was born in Florence, Florence, ...
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Silvia Legrand
María Aurelia Paula Martínez Suárez (23 February 1927 – 1 May 2020), known professionally as Silvia Legrand, was an Argentine actress of the Golden Age of Argentine cinema during the 1940s and 1950s. Her birth name was Rosa Aurelia Martí ...
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Guillermo Battaglia
Guillermo Battaglia (December 7, 1899 – September 26, 1988) was a prolific Argentine film actor of the classic era of Argentine cinema.
Born in Buenos Aires, he began his film career in 1937 in '' Melodías porteñas''. Battaglia starred in o ...
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Alita Román
Alita Blanca Barchigia (24 August 1912 – 15 April 1989), better known as Alita Román, was an Argentina, Argentine film actress of the Golden Age of Argentine cinema.
She appeared in nearly 50 films between 1934 and 1982 and was a sought-after ...
Juan Carlos Galván
''Juan'' is a given name, the Spanish and Manx versions of ''John''. The name is of Hebrew origin and has the meaning "God has been gracious." It is very common in Spain and in other Spanish-speaking countries around the world and in the Philipp ...
*Trissi Bauer
*Virginia Romay
*Mario Danesi
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Osvaldo Terranova
Osvaldo Terranova (30 August 1923 – 4 October 1984) was an Argentine film actor
An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the ...
*Héctor Gance
*Enrique Kossi
*José María Fra
*Roberto Bordoni