Malambo (1942)
1942 · Feature film · 99 min · dir. Alberto de Zavalía
- Drama
Synopsis
Based on a quechua legend, Malambo tells the story of a woman who lost her husband and son because of the greedy patrón of an hacienda. She swore that she would never remove the cloth over her eyes until her dead were avenged by the deaths of the patrón and his daughter. Nature seems to be on her side, since a drought has afflicted the land. Her other son, Malambo, accepts the duty of revenge. Malambo is no normal human: he is the runa-uturungo, or Hombre Tigre, of Quechua lore, and he cannot…
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Details
- Director
- Alberto de Zavalía
- Writer
- Hugo Mac Dougall
- Studio
- Establecimientos Filmadores Argentinos
- Released
- 1942-10-30
- Running time
- 99 minutes
Cast & crew
Alberto de Zavalía Director
Delia Garcés
Oscar Valicelli
Orestes Caviglia
Milagros de la Vega
Alberto Bello
Nelo Cosimi
Mariana Martí
Tito Alonso
