| Centauros del pasado | |
| Producer: | Juan Botsa |
| Music: | Alejandro Gutiérrez del Barrio |
| Runtime: | 110 minutes |
| Country: | Argentina |
| Language: | Spanish |
Centauros del pasado is a 1944 Argentine historical biopic film directed by, with a screenplay by Villar, Eliseo Montaine, and, as based upon the original historical novel by Montaine and Talice about Pancho Ramirez, a governor of Argentina's Entre Ríos Province during the Argentine War of Independence, and founder of the Republic of Entre Ríos.[1] [2]
During the Argentine War of Independence, Pancho Ramirez led well-disciplined and successful forces against the Royalists, eventually founding the short-lived Republic of Entre Ríos in 1820. When opposition forces captured his wife in 1821, Ramirez was killed and beheaded during an ill-fated attempt at rescue.
In 1945, The Argentine Film Critics Association awarded and Eliseo Montaine the Silver Condor Award for Best Original Screenplay.