Kilómetro 111
| Kilómetro 111 | |
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| Directed by | Mario Soffici |
| Written by | Enrique Amorim, Carlos A. Olivari, Sixto Pondal Ríos, Mario Soffici |
| Starring | Pepe Arias, Delia Garcés |
| Music by | Rodolfo Sciammarella |
| Cinematography | Antonio Merayo |
| Edited by | Nicolás Proserpio |
| Distributed by | Argentina Sono Film |
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Running time | 103 minutes |
| Country | Argentina |
| Language | Spanish |
Kilómetro 111 is a 1938 Argentine musical film drama directed by Mario Soffici. The film premiered in Buenos Aires.
The film is one of several films directed by Soffici which address the social evils of historical Argentina. The film is based on Carlos Olivari's play La tercera invasion inglesa (1936), which is a fictional semi-documentary of the British railroad monopoly.[1] The film is set in a town in central Argentina and documents the tragedy of the poverty-stricken rural farmers who are forced to sell their harvest to the railroad developers. In an attempt to avoid being exploited, the farmers send their wheat to Buenos Aires, where they unsuccessfully fail to obtain a bank loan. In the end it is down to the generosity of the station master that they are able to use the new line to transport their goods, although his generosity means that he is fired from his job.[1]
Cast
- Pepe Arias
- Delia Garcés
- José Olarra
- Ángel Magaña
- Miguel Gómez Bao
- Juan Bono
- Inés Edmonson
- Adolfo Meyer
- Choly Mur
- Héctor Méndez
- Julio Renato
- Alberto Terrones
- Cayetano Biondo
- Cirilo Etulain
- Arturo Podestá
References
- 1 2 Falcoff, Mark (1975). Prologue to Perón: Argentina in depression and war, 1930-1943. University of California Press. p. 155. ISBN 978-0-520-02874-6. Retrieved 6 April 2011.