- Alfonsina
Infobox Film
name = Alfonsina
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caption = Screenshot
director =Kurt Land
producer =Kurt Land | writer =José María Fernández Unsáin Alfredo Ruanova
starring =Amelia Bence Guillermo Murray
music =Tito Ribero
cinematography =Alfredo Traverso
editing =Vicente Castagno
distributor =
released =1957
runtime =
country =Argentina
language = Spanish
budget =
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imdb_id = 0189346Alfonsina (
English language :Alexandra) is a 1957 Argentinebiographical film directed byKurt Land and written byJosé María Fernández Unsáin . The film starredAmelia Bence as the poetAlfonsina Storni and actorGuillermo Murray .Other cast
*Amelia Bence .... Alfonsina Storni
*Alberto Berco
*José De Angelis
*Dorita Ferreyro
*Domingo Mania
*Alejandro Rey
*Marcela Sola Overview
Amelia Bence stars as the Argentinepoet andjournalist Alfonsina Storni was an Argentine poet and journalist who made a successful career in the rough macho world of reporting.Kurt Land was originally from
Vienna , so he has a romantic atmosphere somewhat similar toErnst Lubitsch . This style of movie-making was dated even in1957 , but Alfonsina shows style in the voice over editing of the poetry reading.ynopsis
In a movie of slow-pace, the film opens with a wide shot of
waves breaking ominously on the seashore, accompanied by Alfonsina's poetry. Another scene has Alfonsina looking into a fish-bowl and saying "I wonder what it would be like to live under the sea".There is also an important scene where Alfonsina announces the news of her illness performed in a very different way from
Hollywood film.Release and acclaim
The film premiered in 1957. It was one of the first and few Argentine films shot in widescreen CinemaScope.
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