The Knight of the Sword (1970)
El santo de la espada
The life story of Argentine independence hero Jose de San Martin.
- Date of release
- 1970-03-25
- TMDB
- 7.2 / 10 (8)
- Runtime
- 2h 0m
- Genres
- History, Drama
- Director
- Leopoldo Torre Nilsson
Casting
- Alfredo Alcón — Gen. José de San Martín
- Evangelina Salazar — Remedios Escalada de San Martín
- Ana María Picchio — Mulata
- Alfredo Iglesias — Gen. Manuel Belgrano
- Héctor Alterio — Gen. Simón Bolívar
- Héctor Pellegrini — Eusebio Soto
- Lautaro Murúa — Gen. Bernardo O'Higgins
- Walter Soubrié
- Eduardo Pavlovsky
- Leonor Benedetto
- Juan Carlos Lamas
- Onofre Lovero
Interesting facts
El Santo de la Espada 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.
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