Guillermo Battaglia

Sentimientos: Mirta, de Liniers a Estambul (1987)

Mirta is a university student in Buenos Aires, in the politicized Argentina of 1974. After the 1976 coup d'état, she and her boyfriend are forced into exile in Stockholm. The exile will contribute to the destruction of the couple, and Mirta must then find ...

Miss Mary (1986)

A young British woman is hired as a governess by a wealthy Argentine family. Through her position, she slowly sees how the upper class of society is slowly crumbling, and how a fascist movement is preparing to install itself in power. ...

Los días de junio (1985)

An actor exiled by the dictatorship, back to his country again and is reunited with his friends. ...

The Official Story (1985)

Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1983. In the last and turbulent days of the military dictatorship, Alicia, a high school history teacher, begins to ask uncomfortable questions about the dark origins of Gaby, her adopted daughter. ...

Nights Without Moons and Suns (1984)

A criminal escapes from a court, with help of three miscreants, to find his lifelong friend, who is terminally ill. The police officer catch knows there is a hidden loot involved. ...

The Waiting (1983)

A hitman fleeing from his past decides to live in a boarding house to hide from his pursuers. ...

The Conquest of Paradise (1981)

Pablo (Arturo Puig) receives the news that his father, who abandoned him and his family a long time ago and was thought dead, wants to see him so he can pass all his fortune to him. Pablo goes to see his father in Brazil, expecting to inherit a large sum o ...

The Fridays of Eternity (1981)

A prostitute tries to communicate with one of her lovers who died in a duel, but who appears to him is his other lover, greater than the previous one, died in the same duel. ...

Grandma (1979)

The story about a family that must maintain an insatiable grandmother. ...

La Mary (1974)

A sexually-repressed girl of the Buenos Aires slums slowly goes mad after marrying. ...

Intimacies of a Prostitute (1974)

A woman from the country moves into to the big city of Buenos Aires to start a new life. Things are not going very easy and she soon finds herself working as a prostitute. ...

Hipólito y Evita (1973)

Destino de un capricho (1972)

Daniel is a young medical student. He lives in a student pension called "The Star" next to a group of student friends like him. Daniel is going to try to have his mother reconcile with his grandmother. ...

Joven, viuda y estanciera (1970)

The foreman of a ranch, secretly in love with the owner, tries to protect her from the gold diggers. ...

Amalio Reyes, un hombre (1970)

Some years from the life of a neighborhood tough in Buenos Aires around 1915. ...

El día que me quieras (1969)

Remake of the Carlos Gardel 1935 film. ...

Yesterday's Boys Didn't Use Hair Fixers (1969)

The romance between a young man from a wealthy family and the dancer from a place of fun. ...

Deliciosamente amoral (1969)

El novicio rebelde (1968)

A seminarian hesitates between serving God in Africa or opting for worldly life. ...

The novel of a poor young man (1968)

A young man is forced for economic reasons to work as a ranch in the south of Argentina and there he tries to conquer a rich heiress. ...

Patapúfete (1967)

Pepe receives a notebook from his great-uncle containing the formula for making an atomic bomb. When some specialists dedicated to science discover it, they begin to send people to steal it. ...

El hombre invisible ataca (1967)

A circus performer confronts an evil scientist who possesses the formula for invisibility. ...

Una máscara para Ana (1966)

A movie director forces her actress wife not to practice her profession, so she escapes. ...

Necesito una madre (1966)

A child is very indifferent to his parents and runs away from home. ...

Hotel alojamiento (1966)

Different stories that take place in a hotel for a temporary shelter for couples. ...

My First Girlfriend (1966)

A romantic teen comedy about the rivalry between an Agrentinian man and a young American for the love of a beautiful girl from a rich family. ...

Ritmo nuevo, vieja ola (1965)

Movie divided in three episodes: a family mother becomes a successful singer; an Argentinian reporter follows a Spanish cupletista from the beginning of the XX century; the reunion of three old actors and their lies about their success. ...

Canuto Cañete, detective privado (1965)

A detective is sent to uncover the perpetrators of a series of robberies at an electronics factory. ...

Los hipócritas (1965)

Fuego en la sangre (1965)

In a rural setting, the chronicle of a woman with too many love demands. ...

El gordo Villanueva (1964)

Un viaje al más allá (1964)

A young woman from Lima, tormented by the dream of a previous life, repeats it again when she meets a man. ...

Los evadidos (1964)

Inmates in a prison plan a massive break. When they put their plan into action, however, they find that they may have underestimated the guards and prison officials, and the situation quickly turns into a bloody gun battle. This action feature from directo ...

El club del clan (1964)

To prevent his father from finding out he has secretly married, a young man from a wealthy family disguises his wife as a maid. Members of the Clan Club, visiting the house, also disguise themselves as servants. ...

Pesadilla (1963)

A woman who believes she has seen a murder is harassed by the alleged criminal. ...

The Games Men Play (1963)

The vicissitudes of six different couples who arrive at a hostel in Buenos Aires called La Cigarra and are quarantined because of a supposed bubonic plague, causing all kinds of inconveniences and entanglements as a result of this forced coexistence. ...

Buscando a Mónica (1962)

A man has a street accident with his car in his way to Buenos Aires. While he waits for his car repairing, this business man learns that everybody in the little town where he's stuck seem to know about his wife Mónica. He knows little about her past, but ...

El romance de un gaucho (1961)

Don Frutos Gómez (1961)

When a village commissioner has an accident in the middle of the jungle, he reminisces about his experiences. ...

Los hampones (1961)

A woman robs the authoritarian boss of a criminal gang and then falls in love with a buddy. ...

Asalto en la ciudad (1961)

A former German soldier leads a team through a bank robbery that doesn't turn out the way anybody expected. ...

La potranca (1960)

In the delta islands of the Paraná, a woman is the object of desire of the village's men. ...

Yo quiero vivir contigo (1960)

A couple travels the country with the money destined to pay the ransom for a kidnapped baby. ...

Los acusados (1960)

The murder of a man is investigated by a judge but the documentation that the dead man possessed makes the investigation hampered by politicians. ...

The Candidate (1959)

An old politician is claimed by his party to be a candidate in the next elections. ...

Anguish of a Secret (1959)

A priest is unjustly sentenced to death for a murder he did not commit. The surprise will be greater when he, while in prison, knows who the murderer is through the confession of his daughter. ...

Dagli Appennini alle Ande (1959)

A young boy travels by himself to reach his sick mother. ...

La bestia humana (1957)

From Emile Zola's novel "La Bete Humaine", tells the story of a jealous husband, a provocative woman and a man with an uncontrollable desire to kill. ...

The House of the Angel (1957)

A young teen has been raised by a despotic mother overcome with religious zeal and a father who rules over the household with a heavy, iron hand. Forcibly kept innocent of the sexual nuances of some adult relationships, she is not too clear on her rights, ...

El protegido (1956)

A film producer, his wife (an actress) and her lover (a young scriptwriter) are part of a love triangle that will lead to a crime. It is set during the decay of Argentinian cinema studios. ...

Missing Persons Section (1956)

The love affair of an ex-convict with a showgirl, unleashes the jealousy of his older, wealthy and unbalanced wife. A murder plot, staged phoney suicide and other twists and turns follow. ...

Después del silencio (1956)

A doctor is persecuted after treating a tortured man at a police station. ...

Blessed be you (1956)

María has a powerful reason to hide the fact that she is Enrique's mother. ...

Vida nocturna (1955)

A cabaret in Buenos Aires on Christmas night. ...

Codicia (1955)

A man kills another man because of an old dispute and keeps the gold that the dead one had on him. ...

Siete gritos en el mar (1954)

Seven passengers aboard a ship that is about to hit an enemy warship will confess their most terrible secrets. ...

Descent Into Hell (1954)

For ambition a woman sacrifices her true love and marries a man of fortune. ...

Los tres mosquiteros (1953)

A young provincial and two comedians replace the main actors in the theatrical performance of The Three Musketeers. ...

Los troperos (1953)

Chronicle of the struggle of the first settlers of southern Argentina against the Indian rustlers and landowners. ...

Cornered (1953)

A female singer who killed her husband in Cuba, takes refuge in Argentina and is chased by a policeman. ...

The Beast Must Die (1952)

A crime writer searching for the truth about a personal tragedy becomes involved in a murder investigation. ...

Dishonor (1952)

The woeful tale of a trained nurse falsely accused of murder and shipped off to prison for five years. ...

Tierra extraña (1951)

Based on the novel by Roberto Vagni, it narrates the exploitation of loggers from Corrientes and Chaco by the English company La Forestal. ...

La indeseable (1951)

A woman married to the man who saved her from a hostile environment falls in love with a young medic. ...

My Life for Yours (1951)

During a mother's dream comes up Gloria Rivas as a vamp who crushes her son's life. ...

La mujer puede y debe votar (1951)

Short film that promotes women's voting rights, legalized in Argentina in 1947. ...

La fuerza ciega (1950)

A shipyard owner rapes the daughter of a blind worker, unaware that she is his own son's girlfriend. ...

El regreso (1950)

A man returns from hell to earth to redeem himself. ...

¿Vendrás a medianoche? (1950)

A bachelor, sheltered by a wealthy aunt, sees the ghost of his girlfriend appear every night. But she isn't dead, and they end up getting married. ...

Filomena Marturano (1950)

Filomena, a former prostitute in her 40s, tricks a wealthy shopkeeper to marry her and support her three children. ...

La trampa (1949)

A lonely woman marries a man without getting to know him. ...

Yo no elegí mi vida (1949)

Noir hero tries to avoid being arrested while he tracks down papers that will prove his innocence. ...

Historia del 900 (1949)

In the Buenos Aires of 1900, a man seeks to avenge the death of his brother, killed at the exit of a fight. ...

El hijo de la calle (1949)

Las aventuras de Jack (1949)

In the 19th century, the son of a frivolous countess faces the rigors of a tragic life. ...

La muerte camina en la lluvia (1948)

A murderer terrorizes the city of Buenos Aires by attacking on the streets on rainy days and always leaving a card with the name "S. López". A local boarding house full of eccentrics appears to house a possible suspect. ...

La dama del collar (1948)

A rich woman's personal secretary borrows an expensive piece of jewelry without permission for a night on the town... and then loses it. Based on a story by Guy de Maupassant. ...

Como tú lo soñaste (1947)

A woman imagines that his son born after a one-night encounter with a butcher is actually from a renowned musician. ...

Los verdes paraísos (1947)

An architect who suffers an attack of epilepsy wakes up years later having become a famous writer next to getting married. ...

El que recibe las bofetadas (1947)

Devil in the Flesh (1947)

Young newlywed girl about to embark on her honeymoon persuades older family friend to assist her in an extensive search for her missing husband. A road-trip full of comical misadventures ensues. ...

The Crossroads (1947)

Film set in the seaport, where two men fight for the love of a beautiful young girl. ...

The Naked Angel (1946)

A sculptor lends money to a bankrupt man, who agrees to allow his daughter pose for the sculptor's next work. The film caused a scandal in Argentina for the depiction of then 17-year-old Olga Zubarry's naked back. Adaptated from the novel "Fräulein Else" ...

El diamante del maharajá (1946)

Toribio poses as a sultan enjoying the female company of the harem. ...

The Lady of Death (1946)

A young man loses all his money by gambling and decides to commit suicide, but is interrupted by a mysterious man who invites him to join a suicide club, where, through letters, it is drawn who is going to die. ...

El viaje sin regreso (1946)

At the core of this enormously bleak melodrama, there is a beautiful, passionate woman (Florence Marly, Chenal's wife) who capriciously oscillates between two men (Chiola, De Paula), even though she knows her fate is fatally linked to one of them. ...

Las seis suegras de Barba Azul (1945)

A six-time widowed man lives with his six mothers-in-law and is looking for a new wife. ...

Se abre el abismo (1945)

The arbitrariness of an evil father leads his children to patricide. ...

Camino del infierno (1945)

A melodramatic, psychological thriller, the film tells the story of a young wealthy widow, who is unhappy. She meets a Bohemian artist who marries her to escape the poverty of his family, but is stifled by her possessiveness and jealousy. ...

The Corpse Breaks a Date (1944)

On the night of his marriage, a young bourgeois man runs over a cyclist. He believes he is dead and hides the body. However, a mysterious character will later appear in his life. ...

Su mejor alumno (1944)

The film tells the story of the natural son of a former president of Argentina and father of public education in the country, Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, named Domingo, according to the first autobiographical accounts. ...

Stella (1943)

A woman must suffer humiliation, slights and slander to maintain the happiness of her paralyzed sister. ...

Safo, historia de una pasión (1943)

The relationship between an experienced woman and a youngster which develops in a passion and a further social rejection. ...

A Real Man (1943)

A foreign woman marries a rich man. ...

La novia de los forasteros (1942)

Locos de verano (1942)

The vicissitudes of the members of a Buenos Aires family facing their economic bankruptcy and the attitude of each one of them in the emergency. ...

Villa Discordia (1938)

An interfamily romance in a small town where two families are rivals with each other. ...

Melodías porteñas (1937)

Tararira (la bohemia de hoy) (1936)

A musical film with a performance by the group that was very fashionable at the time, El Cuarteto Aguilar. It was produced in 1936 but was never released. ...