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Catrano M. Catrani is a Director and Scriptwriter Italien born on 31 october 1910 at Città di Castello (Italie)
Catrano M. Catrani (October 31, 1910 — December 19, 1974) was an Italian-Argentine film director and producer.
Catrani was born in 1910 in Città di Castello, Umbria, Italy. He studied film at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in Rome. He emigrated to Argentina in 1937 and settled in Buenos Aires, where he joined San Miguel Studios. He directed many short advertising films and documentaries, and in 1942 he completed his first major work, the comedy En el último piso with Zully Moreno as the lead.
His first big success was Alto Paraná, a costumbrista comedy screenwritten by novelist Velmiro Ayala Gauna, with Ubaldo Martínez in the lead role as Frutos Gómez, a sardonic and astute policeman. In 1963, he directed La fusilación or El último montonero, co-written with Félix Luna and with music by Ariel Ramírez, about the bloody death of caudillo Ángel Vicente Peñaloza, which won the prize for best director at the San Sebastian International Film Festival.
He died on December 19, 1974, in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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Nationality Italie
Birth 31 october 1910 at Città di Castello (Italie)
Death 19 december 1974 (at 64 years) at Buenos Aires (Argentine)
Birth 31 october 1910 at Città di Castello (Italie)
Death 19 december 1974 (at 64 years) at Buenos Aires (Argentine)
Catrani was born in 1910 in Città di Castello, Umbria, Italy. He studied film at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in Rome. He emigrated to Argentina in 1937 and settled in Buenos Aires, where he joined San Miguel Studios. He directed many short advertising films and documentaries, and in 1942 he completed his first major work, the comedy En el último piso with Zully Moreno as the lead.
His first big success was Alto Paraná, a costumbrista comedy screenwritten by novelist Velmiro Ayala Gauna, with Ubaldo Martínez in the lead role as Frutos Gómez, a sardonic and astute policeman. In 1963, he directed La fusilación or El último montonero, co-written with Félix Luna and with music by Ariel Ramírez, about the bloody death of caudillo Ángel Vicente Peñaloza, which won the prize for best director at the San Sebastian International Film Festival.
He died on December 19, 1974, in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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Filmography of Catrano M. Catrani (7 films)
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He nacido en la ribera (1972)
Directed by Catrano M. Catrani
Genres Comedy, Romance
Actors Ricardo Darín, Fidel Pintos
Rating63%
Upper Paraná (1958)
, 1h41Directed by Catrano M. Catrani
Genres Comedy
Actors George Hilton, María Aurelia Bisutti
Rating62%
La Comedia inmortal (1951)
, 1h35Directed by Catrano M. Catrani
Genres Comedy
Actors Tato Bores, Olga Zubarry, Juan Carlos Thorry, Judith Sulian, Enrique Fava, Pablo Cumo
Lejos del cielo (1950)
Directed by Catrano M. Catrani
Genres Drama
Actors Aída Luz, Juan José Miguez, Santiago Gómez Cou
Los secretos del buzón (1948)
, 1h20Directed by Catrano M. Catrani
Genres Comedy
Actors Tito Lusiardo, José Ruzzo, Carlos Rivas, Carlos Rivas
Los Hijos del otro (1947)
Directed by Catrano M. Catrani
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Luis Arata, Héctor Calcaño, Juan Carlos Altavista, Pola Alonso
En el último piso (1942)
Directed by Catrano M. Catrani
Genres Comedy
Actors Zully Moreno, Juan Carlos Thorry, César Fiaschi, Fernando Lamas, René Mugica
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Upper Paraná (1958)
, 1h41Directed by Catrano M. Catrani
Genres Comedy
Actors George Hilton, María Aurelia Bisutti
Rating62%