The Circus Cavalcade (Spanish: La cabalgata del circo) is a 1945 Argentine musical film directed and written by Mario Soffici with Eduardo Boneo and Francisco Madrid. The film was shot on black-and-white stock with a monaural soundtrack. It stars Libertad Lamarque and Hugo del Carril.
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| Edited by | Carlos Rinaldi |
| Music by | Isidro B. Maiztegui |
| Distributed by | Estudios San Miguel |
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Running time | 91 minutes |
| Country | Argentina |
| Language | Spanish |
In 2022, it was selected as the 52nd greatest film of Argentine cinema in a poll organized by the specialized magazines La vida útil, Taipei and La tierra quema, which was presented at the Mar del Plata International Film Festival.[1]
Plot Outline
The lives, loves and vicissitudes of a group of circus performers in the Argentine Pampas around the turn of the century are played out in this drama with songs.
Cast
- Libertad Lamarque .... Nita
- Hugo del Carril .... Roberto
- José Olarra
- Orestes Caviglia
- Juan José Miguez
- Armando Bo
- Ilde Pirovano
- Tino Tori
- Elvira Quiroga
- Eva Perón (as Eva Duarte)
- Ricardo Castro Ríos
- Ana Nieves
- Carlos Rivas
