Joaquín Martínez Arboleya
Joaquín Martínez Arboleya, also known by his pseudonym Santicaten (Montevideo, 30 December 1900 – 1984) was a Uruguayan film director and producer, businessman, novelist, essayist and writer. He was one of the most widely-read Uruguayan authors in the 1970s, having published more than 40 books.
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Joaquín Martínez Arboleya

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- Born
- 1900. · Montevideo.
- Died
- 1984.
- Nationality
- Uruguay.
- Occupation
- writer, film director and filmmaker.
- Languages
- Spanish.
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Joaquín Martínez Arboleya, also known by his pseudonym Santicaten (Montevideo, 30 December 1900 – 1984) was a Uruguayan film director and producer, businessman, novelist, essayist and writer. He was one of the most widely-read Uruguayan authors in the 1970s, having published more than 40 books.
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Joaquín Martínez Arboleya (1900–1984) was a film director, filmmaker and writer and a national of Uruguay. The film director was born in Montevideo. Joaquín Martínez Arboleya was also known as Santicaten. Languages used include Spanish.
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Director
Director
• Alma y nervio de España (1937) • Primer noticiario especial para América (1937) • La guerra por la paz (1937) • España azul (1937) • Segundo noticiario intercontinental (1938) • Suspiros de España (1938) • Voluntad - Falange en la Argentina (1938) • Esta tierra es mía (1948)
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Producer
• Uruguayos campeones (1948)
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• Trozos de vida (1927) • Mujer (1929) • Mujercitas (1929) • Madame Drumm (1931) • Por orden del sultán (1931) • Juan Carlos Salazar (1932) • Jenny, la mujer fatal de su vida (1935) • Por qué luché contra los rojos (1961) • Uruguay, año 2000 (1961) • El error de Estados Unidos (1961) • El país del miedo (1962) • El loco del lago (1962) • Campo de Mayo (1962) • Luz mala (1963) • Horizontes cerrados (1963) • Trilogía histórica (1963) • Proceso a Sodoma (1964) • Océano Atlántico, esquina Río de la Plata (1964) • Esta tierra es mía (1964) • Aberración (1964) • La cama:("trabajo" en 3 etapas) (1965) • Las dos dimensiones (1965) • El pantano (1966) • ¡Oh deidad!... ¡Oh estiércol!...: ("comedia satírica" en tres actos) (1966) • El camino (1967) • Trilogía del crimen (1968) • 1968: Novela verdad (1969) • La maffia peroniana sobre el Río de la Plata (1969) • Caos: Guerra Civil Española (1969) • Versos de rompe y raja (1970) • Nací en Montevideo (1971) • Uruguay: al reencuentro de su destino: crónica de una revolución (1973) • Charlas con el general Stroessner (1973) • Ramón Pardías (1975) • Versos con alma y vida (1976) • Mundo podrido (1976) • Arroz y cicuta (1977) • Cuando el diablo no tiene qué hacer... con la cola espanta las moscas (1977) • Rosa Rosa (1978) • Por obra y gracia (1979) • Elecciones sí, relajo no (1980) • Una de 2...: Primer tiempo (1983)

Santicaten in Spain during the spanish civil war
Santicaten · Caos: Guerra Civil Española
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• Alma y nervio de España (1937) • Esta tierra es mía (1948)
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