Dark River (1952 film)

Dark River (Las aguas bajan turbias)
Directed by	Hugo del Carril
Produced by	Hugo del Carril
Written by	Eduardo Borrás
Starring	Hugo del Carril
Music by	Tito Ribero
Cinematography	José María Beltrán
Editing by	Gerardo Rinaldi
Distributed by	Cinematográfica Cinco Times Film Corporation (USA)
Release date(s)	9 October 1952
Running time	91 minutes 81 minutes (USA)
Country	Argentina
Language	Spanish

Dark River (Spanish: Las aguas bajan turbias; English International title: Rivers of Blood) is a 1952 Argentine drama film directed by Hugo del Carril and written by Eduardo Borrás. The film was based on a novel by Alfredo Varela. The film starred Hugo del Carril who simultaneously directed the film, Adriana Benetti and Raúl del Valle. The film is based around themes of oppression.

Synopsis

The brothers Santos and Rufino Peralta (of Carril and Laxalt) are used like animals in the workplace at the Parana Stop. There they encounter enormous hardship and inhuman conditions of work as a consequence of the immense greed of the managers. A worker's rebellion is maturing, to the point that it is developed into trade union of workers who respond against their grief. Finally, the workers plot a counterattack and punish their corrupt employers.

Release and acclaim

The film premiered on 9 October 1952 in Buenos Aires and on 25 February in the United States. Argentina released the film again in 2005 at the Mar del Plata Film Festival on 11 March 2005.

The film won the Silver Condor award for best picture at the Argentine Film Critics Association Awards in 1953.

The film was produced and distributed by Cinematográfica Cinco and Del Carril-Barbieri (DCB) in Argentina and the Times Film Corporation in the United States.

Cast

The workers form a trade union and rebel against worker oppression

Director and actor Hugo del Carril in role as Santos Peralta

• Hugo del Carril as Santos Peralta
• Adriana Benetti as Amelia
• Raúl del Valle as Aguilera
• Pedro Laxalt as Rufino Peralta
• Gloria Ferrandiz as Doña Flora
• Eloy Álvarez as Alí
• Herminia Franco as Flor de Lis
• Luis Otero as A Peon
• Joaquín Petrocino as Barreiro
• Francisco Audenino
• Carlos Escobares
• Mecha López
• Domingo Garibotto as Amelia's Father
• Jacinto Aicardi
• Ricardo Carenzo

External links

• Film gallery of almost 100 pictures (Spanish)
• Dark River at the Internet Movie Database