La sangre y la semilla (1959)
1h 22m
Running Time
November 12, 1959Release Date
La sangre y la semilla (1959)
1h 22m
Running Time
November 12, 1959Release Date
Plot.
Plaquita, the widow of a Paraguayan officer, rescues a wounded sergeant who has been a companion of her husband. She takes care of him and nurtures him back to health. But they only have one hope, to keep fighting for Paraguay against the Argentine Army.
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Cast & Crew.
Olga Zubarry
Ernesto Báez
Romualdo Quiroga
Roque Centurión Miranda
Raul Valentino Benítez
Actor
Leandro Cacavellos
Actor
Rafael Rojas Doria
Carlos Gómez
Celia Elís
Miguel Ángel Yegros
José Guisone
Actor
César Alvarez Blanco
Alberto Dubois
Director
Augusto Roa Bastos
Writer
Mario Halley Mora
Novel
Herminio Giménez
Music
Luis Galán de Tierra
Cinematography
Rosalino Caterbetti
Editor
Details.
Wiki.
La sangre y la semilla is a 1959 Argentine-Paraguayan film, directed by Alberto Du Bois. Produced in Spanish and Guaraní, it was shot in the Paraguayan city of Itauguá. It stars Argentine actress Olga Zubarry and the Paraguayan Ernesto Báez in the leading roles. Written by Augusto Roa Bastos, based on a story by Mario Halley Mora, it is a historical film set in 1870 at the end of the Paraguayan War, during the exodus of the last followers of President Francisco Solano López to Cerro Corá (1870). The film premiered on 12 November 1959.