Pampa Film
| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Motion picture production |
| Founded | January 1937 |
| Founder | Olegario Ferrando, Warner Bros. |
| Headquarters | Argentina |
Area served | Argentina |
| Products | Films |
Pampa Film was an Argentine motion picture production company that operated during the Golden Age of Argentine cinema throughout the 1930s and 1940s. It is particularly renowned for the iconic film Prisioneros de la tierra (1939).
History
Established in January 1937 through a collaboration between Warner Bros. and businessman Olegario Ferrando, Pampa Film initially utilized the studio facilities of Lumiton, which also handled the distribution of its movies. This collaboration eventually came to an end.
The film Sueño de Una Vida Nueva, directed by Luis Saslavsky and released under the title La fuga by Warner Bros. on 28 July 1937, achieved commercial success and featured a score composed by César Gola. Esteemed writer Jorge Luis Borges commended the movie for its American-style narrative flow. The cast included Amelia Bence, who earned a contract with Pampa Film after performing alongside Tita Merello and Santiago Arrieta.
On 17 August 1939, Pampa Film premiered Prisioneros de la tierra, directed by Mario Soffici and starring actors such as Ángel Magaña and Francisco Petrone. Adapted from short stories by Horacio Quiroga, this film was both a critical and commercial triumph, now regarded as a classic. Film scholar Domingo di Núbila classified the genre it initiated as "social folkloric," which significantly influenced numerous Argentine filmmakers despite its limited immediate adoption within the industry.
Filmography
- La fuga (1937)
- Los caranchos de la Florida (1938)
- Nativa (1939)
- ...Y los sueños pasan (1939)
- Prisioneros de la tierra (1939)
- Encadenado (1940)
- La carga de los valientes (also known as Only the Valiant) (1940)
- Chingolo (1940)
- La quinta calumnia (1941)
- El mozo número 13 (1941)
- El cura gaucho (titled The Gaucho Priest) (1941)
- Yo quiero morir contigo (known as I Want to Die with You) (1941)
- Stella (1943)
- Oro en la mano (or Gold in the Hand) (1943)
- Siete mujeres (1944)
- La Casta Susana (1944)
- Villa rica del Espíritu Santo (1945)
- The Abyss Opens (1945)
- Lauracha (1946)
- Chiruca (1948)