The Knight of the Sword (1970)
2h
Running Time
March 25, 1970Release Date
The Knight of the Sword (1970)
2h
Running Time
March 25, 1970Release Date
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Plot.
The life story of Argentine independence hero Jose de San Martin.
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Cast & Crew.
Alfredo Alcón
Gen. José de San Martín
Evangelina Salazar
Remedios Escalada de San Martín
Alfredo Iglesias
Gen. Manuel Belgrano
Lautaro Murúa
Gen. Bernardo O'Higgins
Héctor Alterio
Gen. Simón Bolívar
Ana María Picchio
Mulata
Héctor Pellegrini
Eusebio Soto
Leopoldo Torre Nilsson
Director
Beatriz Guido
Writer
Ulyses Petit de Murat
Writer
Luis Pico Estrada
Writer
Ricardo Rojas
Writer
Marcelo Simonetti
Producer
Aníbal Di Salvo
Director of Photography
Antonio Ripoll
Editor
Miguel Babuini
Sound Engineer / Sound
Felipe López
Assistant Director
Ponchi Morpurgo
Production Design
Ariel Ramírez
Original Music Composer
Carlos Pavic
Alejo Patricio López Lecube
Leonor Manso
Marcelo Miró
Carlos Lucini
Walter Soubrié
Eduardo Pavlovsky
José Slavin
Aldo Barbero
Diego Varzi
Hugo Arana
Rodolfo Brindisi
Mario Casado
Media.
Details.
Release DateMarch 25, 1970
Original NameEl santo de la espada
StatusReleased
Running Time2h
Genres
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Wiki.
El Santo de la Espada (in English, The Saint of the Sword) is a 1970 Argentine historical epic film directed by Leopoldo Torre Nilsson and starring Alfredo Alcón. It narrates the life of José de San Martín. It was written by Beatriz Guido and Luis Pico Estrada, based on the eponymous novel by Ricardo Rojas. The script was supervised by the Sanmartinian National Institute. It had a great success, and it is the most successful movie about "El Libertador" San Martín, although it received some negative reviews due to historical inaccuracies.