Catrano Catrani

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.

• Name — Catrano M. Catrani • Born — 31 October 1910 • Birthplace — Città di Castello, Umbria, Italy • Died — 19 December 1974 • Place of death — Buenos Aires, Argentina • Spouse — Vlasta Lah • Occupation — Film director Producer

• En el último piso (1942) • Llegó la niña Ramona (1945) • Los hijos del otro (1947) • Los secretos del buzón (1948) • Lejos del cielo (1950) • La Comedia inmortal (1951) • Mujeres en sombra (1951) • Codicia (1955) • Al sur del paralelo 42 (1955) • Alto Paraná (1958) • Álamos talados (1960) • El último montonero (1963) • Santiago querido! (1965) • Tacuara y Chamorro, pichones de hombres (1967) • He nacido en la ribera (1972) • ¿De quiénes son las mujeres? (1972)