''Where Words Fail'' (Spanish: ''Donde mueren las palabras'') is a 1946 Argentine

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ...

of the classical period directed by

Hugo Fregonese Hugo Geronimo Fregonese (8 April 1908 – 11 January 1987) was an Argentine film director and screenwriter who worked both in Hollywood and his home country during the Golden Age of Argentine cinema, classical era of Argentine cinema.''Cine Na ...

and starring Enrique Muiño, Dario Garzay and Héctor Méndez. The film's sets were designed by the

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s Germán Gelpi and Mario Vanarelli. In a survey of

The 100 Greatest Films of Argentine Cinema The 100 Greatest Films of Argentine Cinema (Spanish: ''Las 100 mejores películas del cine argentino''), also known as the Survey of Argentine cinema (Spanish: ''Encuesta de cine argentino''), are a series of opinion polls carried out to establis ...

carried out by the

Museo del Cine Pablo Ducrós Hicken Museo del Cine Pablo Ducrós Hicken is a museum of cinema of Argentina located in Buenos Aires. It was established on 1971 and holds a collection of 65,000 reels of film. History The Cinema Museum of the City of Buenos Aires was created on Oc ...

in 2000, the film was 43rd.

Cast

* Enrique Muiño * Dario Garzay * Héctor Méndez * Italo Bertini *

Aurelia Ferrer Aurelia Ferrer was an Argentine film actress.Finkielman p.225 She appeared in around forty films, generally in supporting roles. Partial filmography * '' The Newsie and the Lady'' (1938) * '' The Englishman of the Bones'' (1940) * ''Noche de bod ...

María Ruanova María Ruanova (July 3, 1912 – June 5, 1976) was an Argentine dancer, choreographer, teacher and ballet master, known for her performances at the Teatro Colón and internationally. She is considered the first Argentina-grown ballet dancer to g ...

* René Múgica *

Pablo Cumo Pablo Cumo (28 July 1898 – 7 August 1992) was an Argentine stage and film actor.Etchelet p.356 Cumo appeared in around fifty films during his career. Selected filmography * '' Santos Vega'' (1936) * ''His Best Student'' (1944) * '' Savage Pampa ...

* Linda Lorena * José A. Vázquez * Milita Brandon

Reception

External links

* 1946 films 1946 drama films Argentine drama films 1940s Spanish-language films Argentine black-and-white films Films directed by Hugo Fregonese 1940s Argentine films Spanish-language drama films {{1940s-Argentina-film-stub