The Three Amateurs

The Three Amateurs (1933)

Los Tres Berretines

The members of a Buenos Aires family have three hobbies — "berretines" in Buenos Aires slang — that keep them apart of their duties. Because of that, the family business is going down, and the only one who is concerned is the father, who hopes for his fourth son, an architect, to save the situation.

Date of release
1933-05-19
TMDB
6.4 / 10 (7)
Runtime
1h 0m
Genres
Comedy, Music
Director
Enrique Susini

Casting

Interesting facts

Los tres berretines is a 1933 Argentine black and white comedy film, the first film made by the newly formed Lumiton film studio, and one of the first sound films made in Argentina. Along with ¡Tango!, released that same year, the film is credited with inaugurating the Golden Age of Argentine cinema. It was a great success and launched the film career of the comedian Luis Sandrini. In 2022, the film was included in Spanish magazine Fotogramas's list of the 20 best Argentine films of all time.

Production

Los tres berretines was directed by Enrique Telémaco Susini and starring the local actors Luis Sandrini and Luisa Vehil.

The American cinematographer John Alton was not credited but may have played an important role in direction and cinematography.

Los tres berretines was based on a hit play of the same name, in which the circus performer and actor Luis Sandrini played Eusebio, a brother with a dream of becoming a famous tango composer. Lumiton expanded his role in the film version.

Los tres berretines was released on 19 May 1933 in the Ástor in Buenos Aires.

It was the second Argentine film with an optical soundtrack. The first was ¡Tango!, released the week before.

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