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Lucas Demare

Lucas Demare

Lucas Demare was an Argentine film director, screenwriter and film producer prominent in Argentine Cinema during the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s.

At the 1943 Argentine Film Critics Association Awards, Demare won Silver Condor awards for Best Director, Best Film and numerous other awards for The Gaucho War (1942), a film which is considered by critics in Argentina to be one of the best films in its history. He won further awards including Best Film and Director for Su mejor alumno (1944) at the 1945 Argentine Film Critics Association Awards. In 1964, he was a member of the jury at the 14th Berlin International Film Festival. He died of a heart attack at the age of 71 in 1981.

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Movies Made By Lucas Demare (37)

Solamente Ella (1975)

Paloma is a girl from the neighborhood who dreams of success singing tangos. Until one day, two old friends inherit a mansion in San Telmo where they long to open a bar with Paloma as the star. The endless financial difficulties cannot be resolved with jus ...

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La madre María (1974)

Based on the life of María Salomé Loredo, a figure famous for her healings and assistance to the poor of the late nineteenth and first half of the twentieth century. ...

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Pájaro loco (1971)

A gambling priest opposes a group of scammers. ...

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Humo de marihuana (1968)

A doctor is involved in substance trafficking while investigating the death of his wife. ...

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Los guerrilleros (1965)

A group of youngsters, encouraged by their teacher, starts with guerrilla actions. ...

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La boda (1964)

A man whose wife was murdered on the wedding night returns to town to marry another and is resisted by the locals. ...

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Hijo de hombre (1961)

Story set at the Chaco war between Bolivia and Paraguay. ...

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Plaza Huincul (Pozo uno) (1960)

The difficult, dangerous, and selfless work of an expedition that set out for the harsh and deserted Plaza Wincul Valley in search of oil. ...

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Zafra (1959)

A social drama centered on the miserable conditions experencied by cane cutters in Argentina's north. ...

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Mi esqueleto (1959)

Believing that he is about to die, a man sells his skeleton for science. ...

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Detrás de un largo muro (1958)

A young girl from a small town migrates to the capital of Buenos Aires, only to find a home in the slum area of the city. ...

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Después del silencio (1956)

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

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El último perro (1956)

During the second half of the 19th century, a young survivor is saved in the Argentine pampas by a man she ends up marrying. ...

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Sangre y acero (1956)

In a train repair shop, a passion involves a woman and, years later, her daughter. ...

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Mercado de abasto (1955)

The action occurs in Abasto Market in Buenos Aires, Argentina. A grown up single woman marries a mafia man who promised her he would change. After they've married, his past come to ruin the wife's life. ...

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Guacho (1954)

A handsome newcomer in a village marries a local girl. A year or so later an abandoned baby is left on the couple's doorstep, a baby the man had with another woman. They decide to raise the kid along with the one they had together. ...

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Payaso (1952)

A professional clown takes advantage of another clown, who is simple and naif, to take over his place and conquer the heart of a young lady. ...

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Mi noche triste (1952)

The plot reflects the figure of Pascual Contursi, tango poet. In love with a singer, he leaves his wife and son to go with her. Some time later, the singer leaves him and he composes the tango that gives the film its title. ...

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La pícara cenicienta (1951)

A young woman must take shelter one rainy afternoon in the house of the writer with whom she is in love. ...

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The Islanders (1951)

Leandro and Carancha inhabit the islands located in the Parana delta. When their son brings home a girlfriend, her presence makes Carancha jealous and dramatic consequences ensue. ...

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La culpa la tuvo el otro (1950)

The adventures of a movie stuntman when the actor he was supposed to replace is murdered. ...

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La cuna vacía (1949)

The film begins with some sequences related to the youth of Dr. Ricardo Gutiérrez, his arrival in Buenos Aires from his native Arrecifes, his law studies and a double frustration, as a writer and in his crush on a young woman who loved another man. ...

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La calle grita (1948)

When the employee of a famous economist seeks a raise in complicity with a street vendor, her work learns real-life facts by trying to prove that you can live with what you pay. ...

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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. ...

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Nunca te diré adiós (1947)

The passionate love of a married woman and a single man. ...

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Savage Pampas (1945)

In a fort in the middle of the Pampa, their commander Hilario Castro decides to bring women from Buenos Aires to prevent deserting soldiers. ...

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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. ...

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The Gaucho War (1942)

The story of the irregular forces on the north of Argentina, fighting against the Spanish Crown for the independence. ...

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The Old Skinflint (1942)

An Italian immigrant accumulates wealth for their children, all consider him a miserable, until one day one of her children gives a very big disappointment and dies of a heart attack. Their children begin to spend the fortune he had amassed his father. ...

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The Gaucho Priest (1941)

The life of José Gabriel Brochero, the Cordovan priest who dedicated his life to those most in need. ...

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Chingolo (1940)

A vagabond saves the child of a rich family. They adopt him and try to impose to him their values and protocols. ...

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Corazón de turco (1940)

The most aristocratic woman of the town is seduced by a Turkish man. ...

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El hijo del barrio (1940)

A young man who travels from the country to he city to study law has economic hardship until he receives help from a neighbor. ...

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24 hours free (1939)

A millionaire woman is the victim of harassment by loan sharks and a journalist will do everything possible to rescue her. ...

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Dos amigos y un amor (1938)

Two young men from the radio environment dispute for the love of a girl. ...

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Movies Starring Lucas Demare (5)

Humo de marihuana (1968)

A doctor is involved in substance trafficking while investigating the death of his wife. ...

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Hijo de hombre (1961)

Story set at the Chaco war between Bolivia and Paraguay. ...

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Cómo se hace una película argentina (1948)

Institutional short film planned and directed by Arturo S. Mom for the First Argentine Film Festival in Mar del Plata. The film shows the technical process by which an Argentine film is produced and emphasizes the professionalism and power of the national ...

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The Gaucho War (1942)

The story of the irregular forces on the north of Argentina, fighting against the Spanish Crown for the independence. ...

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Boliche (1933)

One of Spain's earliest sound film successes. Now considered lost. ...

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