La Guerra Gaucha

The Gaucho War
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Directed by	Lucas Demare
Written by	Ulyses Petit de Murat Homero Manzi Novel Leopoldo Lugones
Starring	Enrique Muiño Francisco Petrone Ángel Magaña Sebastián Chiola Amelia Bence René Mugica
Music by	Lucio Demare Jorge Di Lauro
Cinematography	Bob Roberts
Distributed by	Artistas Argentinos Asociados Estudios San Miguel
Release date	November 20, 1942
Running time	95 minutes
Country	Argentina
Language	Spanish

The Gaucho War (La guerra gaucha) is a 1942 Silver Condor award winning Argentine historical drama and epic film directed by Lucas Demare and starring Enrique Muiño, Francisco Petrone, Ángel Magaña, and Amelia Bence. The film's script, written by Homero Manzi and Ulyses Petit de Murat, is based on the novel by Leopoldo Lugones published in 1905. The film premiered in Buenos Aires on November 20, 1942 and is considered by critics of Argentine cinema to be one of the most successful films in history. It won three Silver Condor awards, including Best Film,Best Director (Lucas Demare), and Best Adapted Screenplay (Ulises Petit de Murat and Homero Manzior), given by the Argentine Film Critics Association at the 1943 Argentine Film Critics Association Awards for the best films and performances of the previous year.

The film is set in 1817 in the Salta Province of northwest Argentina during the Argentine War of Independence. It is based on the actions taken by the guerrillas under the command of the general Martin Güemes against the royalist army, loyal to the Spanish monarchy. For exterior filming, a village was established in the same area where the actual conflict had taken place. The cast of some thousand participants was unprecedented in Argentine cinema until that time.