The Circus Cavalcade (Spanish: La cabalgata del circo) is a 1945 Argentine musical film directed and written by Mario Soffici with Eduardo Boneo and Francisco Madrid, during the classical era of Argentina cinema. The film was shot on black-and-white stock with a monaural soundtrack. It stars Libertad Lamarque and Hugo del Carril.
In 2022, it was selected as the 52nd greatest film of Argentine cinema in a poll organized by the specialized magazines La vida útil, Taipei and La tierra quema, which was presented at the Mar del Plata International Film Festival.
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Plot Outline
The lives, loves and vicissitudes of a group of circus performers in the Argentine Pampas around the turn of the century are played out in this drama with songs.
Cast
Libertad Lamarque .... Nita
Hugo del Carril .... Roberto
José Olarra
Orestes Caviglia
Juan José Miguez
Armando Bo
Ilde Pirovano
Tino Tori
Elvira Quiroga
Eva Duarte
Ricardo Castro Ríos
Ana Nieves
Carlos Rivas