directed by his brother Lucas Demare. Reception La guerra gaucha was well received by the critics and the public and received several awards. The article in the El Heraldo de Buenos Aires said: La Nación said: Claudio España wrote: The opinion of film critic José Agustín Mahieu is as follows: Lastly, César Maranghello says: The film stayed on the opening theaters for nineteen weeks where it was seen by 170,000 viewers, including four weeks in Montevideo by that time. Nonetheless, due to the producer partners' lack of business experience and their scant resources put into starting the business, critical and public acclaim did not translate into big earnings. Awards La guerra gaucha received the following awards: The Silver Condor for Best Picture, Best Director (L. Demare), and Best Screenplay (Ulyses Petit de Murat y Homero Manzi) from the Argentine Film Critics Association The Condor Diploma for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay (Petit de Murat and Manzi), Main Actor (Francisco Petrone), Best Sound Editing and Best Cinematography, from the Argentine Academy of Cinematography Arts and Sciences Best Screenplay (Petit de Murat and Manzi), from the Comisión Nacional de CulturaFirst prize for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Lead Actress (Amelia Bence), Best Actor (Francisco Petrone), Best Photography, Best Music and Best Sound Editing, from Municipalidad de la Ciudad de Buenos AiresBest Foreign film in Cuba shown in 1947, from the Asociación de Cronistas Cinematográficos de La Habana'' (Cuba, 1948) References External links La guerra gaucha at Cinenacional Authorization This article incorporates material from ataquenuclear.com, which has given authorization to the use of content and images and published them under GNU license. Works about the Argentine War of Independence Argentine historical drama films Argentine black-and-white films Films directed by Lucas Demare Films set in 1817 1940s Spanish-language films 1942 films 1940s war drama films 1940s historical drama films Films set in Argentina Argentine films based on actual events Fictional gauchos Films about gauchos Argentine war drama films Historical epic films 1942 drama films Guerrilla warfare in film