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El Misterioso Tio Silas (1947)

Also known as The Mysterious Uncle Silas

1947 · Feature film · 85 min · dir. Carlos Schlieper

  • Thriller
  • Horror
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Synopsis

"Uncle Silas" (1864) was probably Sheridan Le Fanu's (Irish writer) masterpiece and his only work still read today. A macabre mystery novel and a classic of Gothic horror. Contrary to most of Le Fanu production, always dealing with ghosts and the supernatural, "Uncle Silas" deals only with real people, TOO REAL...Translated and adapted to the big screen in 1947 by the Argentinian movie-making industry under two different titles: "El misterioso tío Silas" ("The Mysterious Uncle Silas") or "La telaraña" ("The Spiderweb"), with Elisa Galvé as the naive young, vulnerable and unprotected newly heir to her father's fortune, relentlessly pursued by several shady characters under different pretenses only to grab her money. There are good people that try to help her to get rid of those undesirables but... everybody seems to be so nice..The storyline makes for an enjoyable film, shot in black and white and with a beautiful and very young Elisa Galvé who, for totally unknown reasons wears, during the whole movie, false eyelashes so outlandish they must have belonged to Sally Bowles ("Cabaret"), ruining with them her exquisite delicate features and the whole movie of course.The little I know about the 19th century doesn't include enormous false eyelashes, especially on a rigidly educated high class young lady... This is a major flaw, followed by her wardrobe. A nightmare. Paco Jaumandreu was a very well known Argentinian dress designer (Eva Peron's close friend and confidant) but it…

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Details

Director
Carlos Schlieper
Writer
León Mirlas
Composer
Juan Ehlert
Cinematography
Roque Funes
Studio
Establecimientos Filmadores Argentinos
Released
1947-03-07
Original title
El misterioso tío Silas
Running time
85 minutes
Language
Spanish
Collection
Feature Films

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