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León Klimovsky‌

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León Klimovsky

Buenos Aires, Argentina

León Klimovsky

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1906-10-17

Popularity

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Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. León Klimovsky (16 October 1906–8 April 1996) was an Argentine film director. A trained dentist, born in Buenos Aires, his real passion was always the cinema. He pioneered Argentine cultural movement known as cineclub and financed the first movie theater to show art movies. He also founded Argentina's first film club in 1929. After participating as scriptwriter and assistant director of 1944's Se abre el abismo he filmed his first movie, an adaptation of Fyodor Dostoyevsky's The Player. From this first phase, it can be also highlighted the adaptations of Alexandre Dumas' The Count of Monte Cristo and Ernesto Sabato's The Tunnel. On the 1950s Klimovsky settled in Spain, where he becomes a "professional" director. He went into spaghetti westerns and so-called exploitation films, filming in Mexico, Italy and Egypt. Perhaps he is best remembered for his contribution to Spain's horror film genre, beginning with La noche de Walpurgis. León Klimovsky confessed to have always dreamt of doing great vanguard movies but ended on filming commercial ones, but without remorse, as doing cinema was a vocational mandate for him. On 1995 he won the "Honor Award" of the Spanish Film Director Association. He died in Madrid of a heart attack. He was brother to the Argentine mathematician and philosopher Gregorio Klimovsky. Description above from the Wikipedia article León Klimovsky, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Movie Credits

The Brother from Space

The Brother from Space‌
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calendar 1988

Maravillas

Maravillas‌
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calendar 1981

El robobo de la jojoya

El robobo de la jojoya‌
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calendar 1991

The Most Beautiful Night

The Most Beautiful Night‌
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calendar 1984

The Sea Serpent

The Sea Serpent‌
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calendar 1985

Dos mejor que uno

Dos mejor que uno‌
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calendar 1984

Cristóbal Colón, de oficio... descubridor

Cristóbal Colón, de oficio... descubridor‌
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calendar 1982

El sexo ataca (1ª jornada)

El sexo ataca (1ª jornada)‌
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calendar 1979

Amor casi... libre

Amor casi... libre‌
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calendar 1976

I Saw Her First

I Saw Her First‌
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calendar 1974

S.O.S., abuelita

S.O.S., abuelita‌
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calendar 1959

Amo tu cama rica

Amo tu cama rica‌
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calendar 1992

Tv Credits