Mario Soffici (Florence, 1900 – May 14 Buenos Aires 1977 may 10) was a director, actor and film based in Argentina.

Biography

Mario Soffici.

Born in Florence, but shortly after his family is Argentina. When Mario has nine years installed in Mendoza. His father was a jeweler in Ponte you Vecchio Florence but Mendoza had to work in the vineyards. From an early age playing doing puppet theatre. School Italian accent was mocked by his fellow (Italian spoken in the House), and called the Jewish rusito. This caused an aversion to the school, and asked his father to make it work for no further consideration. Thus met the street going through various works: newspaper seller, Cadet a printing press, among others.

Between 14 and 17 years old again like the theatre, so did games sleight and street magicians. Already at age 18 switches to direct your friends to act. In 1920 he traveled first to Buenos Aires where fails, realizes his ignorance, and returned to Mendoza. There you must work moving trucks wine, but soon contract it once again as a actor. He travels again to the capital, but ill and you can not work. Their situation is limit: going hungry and sleeps in the squares. One to Mendoza is not.

He was a celebrated director and actor and theatre in his country.

[Edit] Filmography

Playing “The linyera” 1933.

As director

* Federal night (1932)

* The soul of the bandoneon (1935)

* Mendocina bar (1935)

* New port (1936)

* Cadets de San Martín (1937)

* North wind (1937)

* 111 Km (1938)

* The old doctor (1939)

* Prisoners of the Earth (1939)

* Without fame heroes (1940)

* Quotes on the border (1940)

* I want to die with you (1941)

* The path of flame (1942)

* Holiday world (1942)

* When the spring is wrong (1942)

* Three men from River (1943)

* Wake up to life (1945)

* The cavalcade of the circus (1945)

* Lost kisses (1945)

* The lavish (1945)

* Jealousy (1946)

* Julia Sin (1947)

* CAT (1947)

* The sect of clover (1948)

* Tierra del Fuego (1948)

* The boat without fisherman (1950)

* The strange case of the man and the beast (1951)

* The undesirable (1951)

* He spent in my neighborhood (1951)

* They made us so (1953)

* A window to life (1953)

* The Lady of the Sea (1954)

* Married women (1954)

* Grey district (1954)

* The man that had a death (1955)

* Faith healer (1955)

* Gold under (1956)

* Rosaura at ten (1958)

* Brava Island (1958)

* Chafalonías (1960)

* Property (1962)

As a writer

* The soul of the bandoneon (1935)

* Mendocina bar (1935)

* North wind (1937)

* With broken wings (1938)

* The cavalcade of the circus (1945)

* A window to life (1953)

* The Lady of the Sea (1954)

* Grey district (1954)

* Gold under (1956)

* Rosaura at ten (1958)

* Brava Island (1958)

* Defendants (1960)

* Property (1962)