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El Santo de la Espada (in English, The Saint of the Sword) is a 1970 Argentine historical epic film directed by Leopoldo Torre Nilsson and starring Alfredo Alcón. It narrates the life of José de San Martín. It was written by Beatriz Guido y Luis Pico Estrada, based on the eponymous novel by Ricardo Rojas. The script was supervised by the Sanmartinian National Institute. It had a great success, and it is the most successful movie about "The Emancipator" San Martín, although it received some negative reviews due to historical inaccuracies.
Original Release
03/25/1970
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Alfredo Alcón | Gen. José de San Martín |
| Evangelina Salazar | Remedios Escalada de San Martín |
| Lautaro Murúa | Gen. Bernardo O'Higgins |
| Ana María Picchio | Mulata |
| Alfredo Iglesias | Gen. Manuel Belgrano |
| Hector Alterio | Gen. Simón Bolívar |
| Héctor Pellegrini | Eusebio Soto |
| Walter Soubrié | |
| Eduardo Pavlovsky | |
| Leonor Benedetto |
Directors
Writers
Leopoldo Torre Nilsson, Beatriz Guido, Ulises Petit de Murat, Luis Pico Estrada, Ricardo Rojas
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Alfredo Alcón | Gen. José de San Martín |
| Evangelina Salazar | Remedios Escalada de San Martín |
| Lautaro Murúa | Gen. Bernardo O'Higgins |
| Ana María Picchio | Mulata |
| Alfredo Iglesias | Gen. Manuel Belgrano |
| Hector Alterio | Gen. Simón Bolívar |
| Héctor Pellegrini | Eusebio Soto |
| Walter Soubrié | |
| Eduardo Pavlovsky | |
| Leonor Benedetto | |
| Juan Carlos Lamas | |
| Onofre Lovero | |
| Mario Casado | |
| Diego Varzi | |
| Aldo Barbero | |
| Eduardo Nobili | |
| Rodolfo Brindisi | |
| Hugo Arana | |
| Miguel Bermúdez | |
| Luis Manuel de la Cuesta |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Leopoldo Torre Nilsson | Producer |
| Marcelo Simonetti | Producer |
