(1906) La Guerra Gaucha La guerra Gaucha (The Gaucha War) is a 1942 Argentine historical drama and epic film directed by Lucas Demare and starring Enrique Muiño, Francisco Petrone, Ángel Magaña, and Amelia Bence. The film's script, written by Homero Manzi and Ulyses Petit de Murat, is based on the novel by Leopoldo Lugones published in 1905. The film premiered in Buenos Aires on November 20, 1942, and is considered by critics of Argentine cinema as one of the most successful films in the history of the cinema. See also List of Argentines References External links 1874 births 1938 suicides Argentine male writers Argentine fascists Argentine Freemasons Argentine Roman Catholics Argentine socialists Burials at La Recoleta Cemetery Christian fascists Modernist writers People from Córdoba Province, Argentina Suicides in Argentina Suicides by cyanide poisoning 1938 deaths