The Circus Cavalcade
The Circus Cavalcade is a 1945 Argentine musical film directed and written by Mario Soffici with Eduardo Boneo and Francisco Madrid, during the Argentine cinema|classical era of Argentina cinema]. The film was shot on black-and-white stock with a monaural soundtrack. It stars Libertad Lamarque and Hugo del Carril.
In 2022, it was selected as the 52nd greatest film of Argentine cinema in a poll organized by the specialized magazines La vida útil, Taipei and La tierra quema, which was presented at the Mar del Plata International Film Festival.
Plot Outline
The lives, loves and vicissitudes of a group of circus performers in the Argentine Pampas around the turn of the century are played out in this drama with songs.Cast
- Libertad Lamarque.... Nita
- Hugo del Carril.... Roberto
- José Olarra
- Orestes Caviglia
- Juan José Miguez
- Armando Bo
- Ilde Pirovano
- Tino Tori
- Elvira Quiroga
- Eva Perón
- Ricardo Castro Ríos
- Ana Nieves
- Carlos Rivas