''Upa en apuros'' is a

1942 The Uppsala Conflict Data Program project estimates this to be the deadliest year in human history in terms of conflict deaths, placing the death toll at 4.62 million. However, the Correlates of War estimates that the prior year, 1941, was th ...

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short animated colour film written and directed by

Dante Quinterno Dante Quinterno (Buenos Aires, October 26, 1909Buenos Aires, May 14, 2003) was an Argentine comics artist, agricultural producer, and prolific editorial businessman, famous for being the creator of the Patoruzú, Isidoro Cañones and Patoruzito c ...

. The film premiered on November 20, 1942 at the Ambassador cinema in Buenos Aires. At the

1943 Argentine Film Critics Association Awards The 1943 Argentine Film Critics Association Awards ceremony was held in Buenos Aires on 10 January 1943 to honour the best films and contributors to Argentine cinema in 1942. This was the first time the awards had been presented. Awards given * ...

, Quinterno won the Special Prize (Premio especial) for the film due to it being the first animated colour film in Argentine and Latin-American cinema. It's an adaptation of the Argentine comic strip ''

Patoruzú Patoruzú is a Comics, comic character created in 1928 by Dante Quinterno and is considered the most popular hero of Argentina, Argentine comics. Patoruzú is a wealthy Tehuelche people, Tehuelche ''cacique'' with great estate properties in Pat ...

''.

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* * Upa en apuros on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADjEPWZScfw 1942 films 1940s Spanish-language films Argentine black-and-white films Argentine animated films Animated adventure films Films based on Argentine comics Animated films based on comics 1940s Argentine films 1942 animated short films {{1940s-animation-film-stub