Alfredo Alcón

Alfredo Alcón

Born: March 3, 1930
Died: April 11, 2014
in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Alfredo Félix Alcón was an Argentine theatre and film actor born in Buenos Aires. Widely regarded as one of the best and most important Argentine actors of the 20th century.

He worked in more than 50 movies since his first one and received many recognitions for his work: among others, the Silver Condor, the Martin Fierro Award and the 1981 Diamond Konex Award.

Movies for Alfredo Alcón...

Son of the Bride
Title: Son of the Bride
Character: Himself
Released: August 16, 2001
Type: Movie
At age 42, Rafael Belvedere is having a crisis. He lives in the shadow of his father, he feels guilty about rarely visiting his aging mother, his ex-wife says he doesn't spend enough time with their daughter and he has yet to make a commitment to his girlfriend. At his lowest point, a minor heart attack reunites him with Juan Carlos, a childhood friend, who helps Rafael to reconstruct his past.
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Title: Vulnerables
Character: Leopoldo Albarracín Larguía
Released: April 6, 1999
Type: TV
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Title: Por el nombre de Dios
Character: Julián de la Serna
Released: March 8, 1999
Type: TV
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Cohen vs. Rosi
Title: Cohen vs. Rosi
Released: May 28, 1998
Type: Movie
Two rival families of different origin join the force by the love of two young. The journalist Ariel Cohen falls in love for Carla Rosi, while investigating his father, Giancarlo, a wealthy shady business that is congressional candidate with presidential aspirations.
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Cortázar
Title: Cortázar
Character: Julio Cortazar (voice)
Released: October 20, 1994
Type: Movie
A portrait which explores the legacy and impact of novelist Julio Cortazar's art, perceptively examining it within the context of shifting tides of Argentine culture and politics. The author reads his own texts in this poetic documentary.
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El amante de las películas mudas
Title: El amante de las películas mudas
Released: September 29, 1994
Type: Movie
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I Don't Want to Talk About It
Title: I Don't Want to Talk About It
Character: Narrator
Released: May 20, 1993
Type: Movie
In an Argentine village in the 1930s, the willful Leonor discovers that her beloved daughter, Charlotte, has dwarfism. Attempting to let her have as normal a childhood as possible, Leonor never discusses Charlotte's lack of stature, nor lets anyone else in the village ever mention it. As Charlotte grows up into a smart and self-possessed young woman, local eccentric Ludovico, who collects miniatures, becomes smitten with her.
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Historias Breves 0: Vértigos, o contemplación de algo que cae
Title: Historias Breves 0: Vértigos, o contemplación de algo que cae
Character: (voz)
Released: January 1, 1993
Type: Movie
Based on the poetry of Alejandra Pizarnik, ”Vertigo, or contemplation of something that falls”, tells the story of the writer's life through stories from her family, friends and admirers.
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País cerrado, teatro abierto
Title: País cerrado, teatro abierto
Character: Self
Released: April 26, 1990
Type: Movie
The history of the Teatro Abierto, which was initiated on July 28, 1981 as a cultural reaction against the last Argentine civic-military dictatorship, and organized by a group of artists and workers from the theater world
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El dueño del sol
Title: El dueño del sol
Released: June 11, 1987
Type: Movie
An authoritarian rancher about to die and his children live in a dingy mansion and fight each other over inheritance in a game of degradation.
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El prontuario del señor K
Title: El prontuario del señor K
Released: May 1, 1987
Type: Movie
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El caso Matías
Title: El caso Matías
Released: April 18, 1985
Type: Movie
In 1965, a man named Matías is taken to a psychiatric hospital, after being found at the streets, "in the company of homosexuals and in a state of intoxication by alcohol and drugs". His documentation says he's 41 years old and born in Poland. He says his mother was an aristocrat. His arrival will have a profound impact on the institution and, especially, on one of the doctors.
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Pubis Angelical
Title: Pubis Angelical
Released: August 12, 1982
Type: Movie
It's about three women, three stories, or perhaps a single story in different projections of time and space. The Mistress wishes to unravel the meaning of being a woman is the victim of Hollywood. Ana is the product of a society ruled or dominated by men.
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The Hole in the Wall
Title: The Hole in the Wall
Released: June 3, 1982
Type: Movie
In this modern retelling of the Faust legend, a freelance photographer meets the enigmatic Mefi, who leads him, through a hole in the wall, to a room where a disembodied voice predicts stock prices.
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Love Letters of a Nun
Title: Love Letters of a Nun
Character: Don Agustín Rojas
Released: September 29, 1978
Type: Movie
Spain 1640, the reverend superior nun Mariana, attends the death of her younger sister, Isabel's husband, who is overcome with hopelessness and heartache. Isabel then kisses and caresses the cadaver's exposed body as if he were still alive. Mother Mariana
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Un idilio de estación
Title: Un idilio de estación
Released: September 21, 1978
Type: Movie
A girl falls in love with the son of a rancher, who gives her certain illusions about their relationship.
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Saverio, el cruel
Title: Saverio, el cruel
Released: September 1, 1977
Type: Movie
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What's Autumn?
Title: What's Autumn?
Character: Alejandro
Released: May 5, 1977
Type: Movie
An award-winning architect struggles to find work, love, and a purpose in life.
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Nazareno Cruz and the Wolf
Title: Nazareno Cruz and the Wolf
Character: The Powerful
Released: June 5, 1975
Type: Movie
Nazareno Cruz is the seventh son of a couple living in a high mountain village. According to a myth, a seventh son will become a wolf on nights of the full moon but this doesn't occur to him. When he's older, he meets the Devil, who offers him the wealth of the world if he turns his back on his newfound love, but if he refuses, he'll become a wolf.
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Kid Head
Title: Kid Head
Character: Roberto Gordillo, El Pibe Cabeza
Released: January 1, 1975
Type: Movie
The life of "El Pibe Cabeza", an authentic Argentine gangster in the '30.
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Painted Lips
Title: Painted Lips
Character: Juan Carlos
Released: May 23, 1974
Type: Movie
The life and the lovers of a few young women in a provincial town.
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The Seven Madmen
Title: The Seven Madmen
Character: Erdosain
Released: May 3, 1973
Type: Movie
After committing a fraud on the company where he work, a man meets a strange character who will introduce him to a group that plot a terrorist attack.
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The Mafia
Title: The Mafia
Character: Luciano Pennoa
Released: March 29, 1972
Type: Movie
All the business of the Donato family, an Italian-Argentine criminal organization is a success, they have bought judges, lawyers and even politicians, but after a kidnapping goes wrong, a civil war starts in the Donato crime family. Based on a real event of the Galiffi crime family, a real Italian pro Fascist mafia that conquered in the 1920's and 1930's the city of Rosario, the Chicago of Latin America.
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Güemes, la tierra en armas
Title: Güemes, la tierra en armas
Character: General Martín Miguel de Güemes
Released: April 7, 1971
Type: Movie
The story of the wars of independence in Northern Argentina during the 19th Century.
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Title: Alta comedia
Released: April 19, 1970
Type: TV
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The Knight of the Sword
Title: The Knight of the Sword
Character: Gen. José de San Martín
Released: March 25, 1970
Type: Movie
The life story of Argentine independence hero Jose de San Martin.
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Martín Fierro
Title: Martín Fierro
Character: Martín Fierro
Released: July 4, 1968
Type: Movie
The story of rebel gaucho Martin Fierro, his people, and their life in the Argentine Pampas. Based on José Hernández's epic poem.
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Voy a hablar de la esperanza
Title: Voy a hablar de la esperanza
Released: July 1, 1966
Type: Movie
A young writer wants to make a different cinema and a director presents a plot divided into 3 episodes.
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El reñidero
Title: El reñidero
Character: Orestes Morales
Released: June 8, 1965
Type: Movie
When a gangster is murdered, the victim's daughter sets out to track down her father's killer. She soon suspects her friend and her own mother may have been involved in the murder plot, in this heavy-handed and tragic crime drama.
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Con gusto a rabia
Title: Con gusto a rabia
Character: Diego Correa
Released: May 5, 1965
Type: Movie
A bourgeois lady has an affair with a revolutionary and idealistic young medical student who participates in the assault on a hospital.
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Jandro
Title: Jandro
Character: Pedro
Released: March 8, 1965
Type: Movie
After marrying a rich heiress, a young man from humble origins is dedicated to looking for coal in the surroundings of Gijón.
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The Innocents
Title: The Innocents
Character: Bruno Sartori
Released: September 26, 1963
Type: Movie
A bank employee changes his life radically after the tragic death of his wife in a car accident along with a widower industrial.
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The Rats
Title: The Rats
Released: January 1, 1963
Type: Movie
Returning from Switzerland, a young investigator meets María, his father's new wife. They immediately feel an irresistible attraction, which he tries to overcome by mixing it up with another woman.
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Prisioneros de una noche
Title: Prisioneros de una noche
Character: Martín Sánchez
Released: January 30, 1962
Type: Movie
A man and a woman fall in love in the streets of a nocturnal Buenos Aires.
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Summerskin
Title: Summerskin
Character: Martín
Released: August 31, 1961
Type: Movie
In this drama, a still-young grandmother has a suitor whose son is suffering from an incurable illness. The woman knows that the son has fallen in love with her granddaughter, but the granddaughter does not reciprocate his feelings. Convinced she should do something about that situation, grandmother talks her granddaughter into going on a trip to Paris with the young man -- intent on bringing the two together. But this simple plan, it turns out, has unforeseen consequences
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Faena
Title: Faena
Character: Narrador
Released: January 1, 1961
Type: Movie
The images connect the workings of a slaughterhouse with a city that is also divided between executioners and dead people.
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Un guapo del 900
Title: Un guapo del 900
Character: Ecuménico López
Released: August 18, 1960
Type: Movie
The moral conflicts of a conservative politician, his wife and a bully, in the Buenos Aires of the early twentieth century.
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The Candidate
Title: The Candidate
Character: Horacio
Released: September 24, 1959
Type: Movie
An old politician is claimed by his party to be a candidate in the next elections.
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Zafra
Title: Zafra
Released: June 16, 1959
Type: Movie
A social drama centered on the miserable conditions experencied by cane cutters in Argentina's north.
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Luz, cámara, acción
Title: Luz, cámara, acción
Released: January 1, 1959
Type: Movie
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La morocha
Title: La morocha
Character: Aníbal Soler
Released: January 30, 1958
Type: Movie
A prostitute persecuted by the police, receives the interested protection of a greedy merchant. He takes refuge in his house one night and meets his nephew, a sensitive boy who wants to be a musician.
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A Difficult Widow
Title: A Difficult Widow
Released: July 18, 1957
Type: Movie
In colonial Buenos Aires a widow marries a condemned man out of spite.
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La pícara soñadora
Title: La pícara soñadora
Character: Freddy / Pedro Cáceres
Released: May 24, 1956
Type: Movie
A store clerk lives in the furniture section without anyone noticing.
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Love Never Dies
Title: Love Never Dies
Released: August 11, 1955
Type: Movie
Three-episode film linked to each other by means of a medallion, where love is the engine that drives people to act the way they did.