El Apóstol
English title: The Apostle
- Studio
- Cinematografía Valle
Synopsis
The President Yrigoyen [Irigoyen] (1916-1922) sleeps and dreams: his alter ego rises to Olympus, required and obtains the rays of Jupiter to launch over Buenos Aires to destroy the entrenched corruption and vice in the city. The whole film brimming with satirical allusions to presidential politics, ministers and various current events.
Characters
President Yrigoyen
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Quirino Cristiani
Producing
- Producer
- Federico Valle
Writing
- Writer
- Quirino Cristiani
Animation
- Animator
- Quirino Cristiani
Crew
- Character Design, Sketcher
- Diógenes Taborda
- Model Maker
- Andrés Ducaud
Production notes
Silent cartoon.
A political satire of Argentina's President Yrigoyen, this was the first cartoon feature film.
Well-known caricaturist Diógenes Taborda designed the characters. Quirino Cristiani produced 58,000 drawings for the film over 12 months. Andrés Ducaud built the model of the burning city at the end of the film.
The finale- the burning of Buenos Aires- was shot live-action of the Ducaud model.
All known copies disappeared in a 1926 fire in producer Federico Valle's vaults.
A political satire of Argentina's President Yrigoyen, this was the first cartoon feature film.
Well-known caricaturist Diógenes Taborda designed the characters. Quirino Cristiani produced 58,000 drawings for the film over 12 months. Andrés Ducaud built the model of the burning city at the end of the film.
The finale- the burning of Buenos Aires- was shot live-action of the Ducaud model.
All known copies disappeared in a 1926 fire in producer Federico Valle's vaults.
