Biography
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León Klimovsky (16 October 1906–8 April 1996) was an Argentine film director.
A trained dentist, born in Buenos Aires, his real passion was always the cinema. He pioneered Argentine cultural movement known as cineclub and financed the first movie theater to show art movies. He also founded Argentina's first film club in 1929.
After participating as scriptwriter and assistant director of 1944's Se abre el abismo he filmed his first movie, an adaptation of Fyodor Dostoyevsky's The Player. From this first phase, it can be also highlighted the adaptations of Alexandre Dumas' The Count of Monte Cristo and Ernesto Sabato's The Tunnel.
On the 1950s Klimovsky settled in Spain, where he becomes a "professional" director. He went into spaghetti westerns and so-called exploitation films, filming in Mexico, Italy and Egypt. Perhaps he is best remembered for his contribution to Spain's horror film genre, beginning with La noche de Walpurgis. León Klimovsky confessed to have always dreamt of doing great vanguard movies but ended on filming commercial ones, but without remorse, as doing cinema was a vocational mandate for him.
On 1995 he won the "Honor Award" of the Spanish Film Director Association. He died in Madrid of a heart attack. He was brother to the Argentine mathematician and philosopher Gregorio Klimovsky.
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Filmography
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Movies 89
Director 70
Writer 6
TV Shows 1
Producer 1
![Amo tu cama rica](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/46257-amo-tu-cama-rica.jpg)
Amo tu cama rica (1992)
![The Sea Serpent](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/68865-serpiente-de-mar.jpg)
The Sea Serpent (1985)
![Maravillas](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/67862-maravillas.jpg)
Maravillas (1981)
![The Shack](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/109462-the-shack.jpg)
The Shack (1979)
![La Barraca](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/388663-la-barraca.jpg)
La Barraca (1979)
![El sexo ataca (1ª jornada)](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/418701-el-sexo-ataca-1-jornada.jpg)
El sexo ataca (1ª jornada) (1979)
![Trauma](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/109262-trauma.jpg)
Trauma (1978)
![Amor casi... libre](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/282939-amor-casi-libre.jpg)
Amor casi... libre (1976)
![The Kidnapping](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/144498-the-kidnapping.jpg)
The Kidnapping (1976)
![Death of a Hoodlum](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/144152-death-of-a-hoodlum.jpg)
Death of a Hoodlum (1975)
![Mean Mother](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/39973-mean-mother.jpg)
Mean Mother (1974)
![I Saw Her First](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/555531-i-saw-her-first.jpg)
I Saw Her First (1974)
![I Hate My Body](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/85692-i-hate-my-body.jpg)
I Hate My Body (1974)
![El talón de Aquiles](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/449666-el-talon-de-aquiles.jpg)
El talón de Aquiles (1974)
![The Dracula Saga](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/143305-the-dracula-saga.jpg)
The Dracula Saga (1973)
![Reverend's Colt](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/142739-reverend-s-colt.jpg)
Reverend's Colt (1970)
![Challenge of McKenna](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/142262-challenge-of-the-mckennas.jpg)
Challenge of McKenna (1970)
![A Bullet for Rommel](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/113192-a-bullet-for-rommel.jpg)
A Bullet for Rommel (1969)
![Seven Into Hell](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/107425-seven-into-hell.jpg)
Seven Into Hell (1968)
![Death Knows No Time](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/142089-death-knows-no-time.jpg)
Death Knows No Time (1968)
![Una chica para dos](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/141347-una-chica-para-dos.jpg)
Una chica para dos (1968)
![Rattler Kid](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/180133-rattler-kid.jpg)
Rattler Kid (1967)
![Die Easy in Ghentar](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/217040-a-ghentar-si-muore-facile.jpg)
Die Easy in Ghentar (1967)
![Escala en Tenerife](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/596659-escala-en-tenerife.jpg)
Escala en Tenerife (1964)
![Billy the Kid](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/84664-fuera-de-la-ley.jpg)
Billy the Kid (1964)
![Her and Fear](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/140284-ella-y-el-miedo.jpg)
Her and Fear (1964)
![Torrejón City](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/140448-torrejon-city.jpg)
Torrejón City (1962)
![Horizontes de luz](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/95486-horizontes-de-luz.jpg)
Horizontes de luz (1962)
![Todos eran culpables](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/140445-todos-eran-culpables.jpg)
Todos eran culpables (1962)
![La paz empieza nunca](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/139865-la-paz-empieza-nunca.jpg)
La paz empieza nunca (1960)
![Un tipo de sangre](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/t/o.jpg)
Un tipo de sangre (1960)
![Ama Rosa](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/43970-ama-rosa.jpg)
Ama Rosa (1960)
![Salto a la gloria](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/308722-salto-a-la-gloria.jpg)
Salto a la gloria (1959)
![S.O.S., abuelita](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/43961-s-o-s-abuelita.jpg)
S.O.S., abuelita (1959)
![Desert Warrior](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/98723-desert-warrior.jpg)
Desert Warrior (1957)
![Viaje de novios](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/68046-viaje-de-novios.jpg)
Viaje de novios (1956)
![Miedo](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/138860-miedo.jpg)
Miedo (1956)
![El tren expreso](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/217011-el-tren-expreso.jpg)
El tren expreso (1955)
![Comedians](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/138155-comedians.jpg)
Comedians (1954)
![La parda Flora](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/155705-la-parda-flora.jpg)
La parda Flora (1952)
![The Tunnel](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/173222-the-tunnel.jpg)
The Tunnel (1952)
![El pendiente](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/155717-el-pendiente.jpg)
El pendiente (1951)
![La vida color de rosa](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/613195-la-vida-color-de-rosa.jpg)
La vida color de rosa (1951)
![Suburbio](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/160328-suburbio.jpg)
Suburbio (1951)
![The Marihuana Story](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/152748-the-marihuana-story.jpg)
The Marihuana Story (1950)
![El jugador](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/155560-el-jugador.jpg)
El jugador (1947)
![El misterioso tío Silas](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/225115-el-misterioso-tio-silas.jpg)
El misterioso tío Silas (1947)
![Una mujer sin importancia](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/332719-una-mujer-sin-importancia.jpg)
Una mujer sin importancia (1945)
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Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday1906-10-16
Deathday1996-04-08 (89 years old)
Birth PlaceBuenos Aires, Argentina
SiblingsGregorio Klimovsky
CitizenshipsArgentina, Spain
Also Known AsHenry Mankiewicz
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