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Homero Manzi is a Director, Scriptwriter and Sound Argentin born on 1 november 1907

Homero Manzi

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Nationality Argentine
Birth 1 november 1907
Death 3 may 1951 (at 43 years) at Buenos Aires (Argentine)

Homero Nicolás Manzione Prestera, better known as Homero Manzi (November 1, 1907–May 3, 1951) was an Argentine Tango lyricist, author of various famous tangos.

He was born on November 1 of 1907 in Añatuya (province of Santiago del Estero), Argentina. Manzi was interested in literature and tango since he was young. After a brief incursion in journalism, he worked as a literature and Spanish professor but for political reasons (in addition to his membership in the Unión Cívica Radical) he was expelled from his professorship and decided to dedicate himself to the arts.

In 1935 he participated in the beginnings of FORJA (Fuerza de Orientación Radical de la Joven Argentina – Force of Radical Orientation of the Young in Argentina), group whose position has been classified as “peoples nationalism”. It was centered almost exclusively in the problems in Argentina and Latin America. They manifested to “reconquer the political Sunday from our own land” since it was considered that the country was still in a colonial situation. In relation to the European conflict at the time, it supported a neutral position sustaining that there was no great interest was in play in Argentina or Latin America, it was more of a rejection position towards fascism just as much as communism.

In 1934 Manzi founded Micrófono ("Microphone") magazine which covered subjects related to radio telephony, Argentine movies and film making. He wrote the screenplay for Nobleza Gaucha in 1937 in collaboration with Hugo Mac Dougall, and a new version of the silent movie of 1915, Huella ("Footprint") (1940), for which they received second prize from Buenos Aires City Hall. He also worked in Confesión ("Confession") (1940), without achieving commercial success with any of these movies.

In 1940 Manzi started what would be a long collaboration with Ulyses Petit de Murat, writing the screenplay for Con el dedo en el gatillo ("Finger on the trigger") (1940) and later Fortín alto ("High Fort") (1940).

Usually with

Ulyses Petit de Murat
Ulyses Petit de Murat
(9 films)
Pablo Cumo
Pablo Cumo
(8 films)
Enrique Muiño
Enrique Muiño
(7 films)
Hugo Fregonese
Hugo Fregonese
(5 films)
Lucas Demare
Lucas Demare
(4 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Homero Manzi (18 films)

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Savage Pampas
Savage Pampas (1966)
, 1h52
Directed by Hugo Fregonese
Genres Drama, Adventure, Western
Actors Robert Taylor, Ron Randell, Marc Lawrence, Ty Hardin, Dieter Eppler, Ángel del Pozo
Rating56% 2.8039952.8039952.8039952.8039952.803995
During the 1870s, a tough Captain of the Argentine Army doggedly battles a band of outlaws composed of a mixture of Indians and Argentine deserters.
Where Words Fail
Where Words Fail (1946)
, 1h16
Directed by Hugo Fregonese
Origin Argentine
Genres Drama, Musical
Themes Dance films
Actors Enrique Muiño, Héctor Méndez, Aurelia Ferrer, René Mugica, Pablo Cumo
Rating66% 3.3380553.3380553.3380553.3380553.338055
Victorio est un vieux musicien-marionnettiste perturbé par une expérience personnelle malheureuse. Aussi, ne cesse-t-il de commettre maladresse sur maladresse. Enfin, le voila qui s'adresse, dans sa loge, à un portrait de jeune femme comme s'il s'agissait d'un être vivant. En dépit d'une réelle empathie, le directeur de la troupe choisit de s'en séparer. Il le maintient néanmoins comme veilleur de nuit. Un soir, justement, alors que le spectacle est terminé et le théâtre vidé, Victorio surprend un jeune homme en train de jouer du piano in petto. Charmé, le vieil homme le prend en amitié et se dispose à lui enseigner son art. Quelque temps plus tard, Victorio découvre une photo de la nouvelle poupée-vedette : elle ressemble au portrait de l'adolescente qu'il chérit avec tant d'émotion. Indigné, il pénètre sans ménagement dans l'atelier du sculpteur et dérobe le modèle qui a été utilisé pour créer la marionnette. "Nous partirons loin, là où personne ne se souviendra de nos crimes", marmonne-t-il.
Savage Pampas
Savage Pampas (1945)
, 1h38
Directed by Hugo Fregonese, Lucas Demare
Origin Argentine
Genres Drama, Historical, Western
Actors Francisco Petrone, Domingo Sapelli, Froilán Varela, María Esther Gamas, Judith Sulian, Roberto Fugazot
Rating68% 3.4024553.4024553.4024553.4024553.402455
A tough Captain of the Argentine Army doggedly battles a band of outlaws composed of a mixture of Indians and Argentine deserters.
His Best Student
His Best Student (1944)
, 1h54
Directed by Lucas Demare
Genres Drama, Biography
Actors Enrique Muiño, Ángel Magaña, Orestes Caviglia, Guillermo Battaglia, Alberto de Mendoza, Homero Cárpena
Rating66% 3.349783.349783.349783.349783.34978
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.
A Real Man
A Real Man (1943)
, 1h34
Directed by Pierre Chenal
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Francisco Petrone, Amelia Bence, Florindo Ferrario, Guillermo Battaglia, Tilda Thamar, Carlos Bellucci
Rating70% 3.5140353.5140353.5140353.5140353.514035
Francisco Petrone is a tough, hard-working independent river man, who finds it difficult to communicate and express his true feeling to his young wife (Amelia Bence). The two travel up a winding river, and tension between the two escalates.
The Gaucho War
The Gaucho War (1942)
, 1h35
Directed by Lucas Demare
Origin Argentine
Genres Drama, War, Historical, Western
Actors Enrique Muiño, Francisco Petrone, Ángel Magaña, Amelia Bence, René Mugica, Sebastián Chiola
Rating70% 3.506463.506463.506463.506463.50646
In Salta Province in 1817 during the War of Independence, the irregular forces commanded by General Martín Güemes carry out a guerrilla action against the Spanish army. The commander of a Spanish army contingent, Lieutenant Villarreal, is wounded, captured by the guerrillas, and put under the medical care of Asunción, the mistress of an estancia. She finds out from his idenfication paper that the Lieutenant, though serving in the Spanish army, was born in Lima. She persuades him of the justice of liberating America from Spain.