Puerta cerrada
Encyclopedia
Puerta cerrada is a 1939 Argentine
musical film
tango directed by John Alton
and Luis Saslavsky
. The film premiered in Buenos Aires
and starred Warly Ceriani
.
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
musical film
Musical film
The musical film is a film genre in which songs sung by the characters are interwoven into the narrative, sometimes accompanied by dancing. The songs usually advance the plot or develop the film's characters, though in some cases they serve merely as breaks in the storyline, often as elaborate...
tango directed by John Alton
John Alton
John Alton A.S.C. , born Johann Altmann, in Sopron/Ödenburg, Kingdom of Hungary, Austria-Hungary, was an American cinematographer...
and Luis Saslavsky
Luis Saslavsky
Luis Saslavsky was an Argentine film director, screenwriter and film producer, and one of the influential directors in the Cinema of Argentina of the classic era...
. The film premiered in Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent...
and starred Warly Ceriani
Warly Ceriani
Warly Ceriani was a classic Argentine actor who appeared in major Argentine films between 1938 and 1959.Ceriani made almost 50 film appearances in Argentina between 1938 and 1959 appearing in films such as the 1942 Julio Irigoyen film Academia El Tango Argentino.-Selected filmography:* La Bestia...
.