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La Muerte en las calles (1952)

La Muerte en las calles poster
Original title
La muerte en las calles
Directed by
Leo Fleider
Genre
war film
Country
Argentina
Runtime
1h 23m
Rating
9.5 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This Argentine war film is set during the British Invasions of the River Plate in the early 1800s. It follows the local resistance as ordinary people become caught up in the conflict in the streets of Buenos Aires.

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What happens

La Muerte en las calles (The Death in the Streets) is a 1952 Argentine war drama film set during the British Invasions of the River Plate of 1806-1807. The script, written by Abel Santa Cruz, is based upon a 1949 novel of the same name by Manuel Gálvez. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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