His Best Student
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Director Lucas Demare Music director Lucio Demare Language Spanish | 6.6/10 IMDb Genre Biography, Drama Duration Country Argentina | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Writer Homero Manzi , Ulises Petit de Murat Release date 22 May 1944 (1944-05-22) (Buenos Aires) Based on Vida de Dominguito
by Domingo F. Sarmiento Initial release May 22, 1944 (Buenos Aires) Screenplay Homero Manzi, Ulyses Petit de Murat Cast Enrique Muiño , Ángel Magaña , Orestes Caviglia , Norma Castillo , Guillermo Battaglia Similar movies Related Lucas Demare movies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
His Best Student (Spanish:Su mejor alumno) is a 1944 Argentine biographical drama film directed by Lucas Demare and starring Enrique Muiño and Ángel Magaña. It was released in Buenos Aires on 22 May 1944. The film won many awards, including the award for best film of the year.
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Synopsis
The film is an emotional enactment of the life of Domingo Sarmiento, the son of a former president of Argentina and the father of public education in the country, Domingo Faustino Sarmiento (Enrique Muiño). "Dominguito" volunteers to fight in the Paraguayan War, in which he dies. It is based on Vida de Dominguito, written by his father.
Cast
The cast included:
Awards
The Argentine Academy of Cinematography Arts and Sciences gave a number of awards for the film:
At the 1945 Argentine Film Critics Association Awards the film won Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor (Enrique Muiño), Best Adapted Screenplay (Ulises Petit de Murat, Homero Manzi) and Best Camera Operator (Humberto Peruzzi).
References
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