---
title: 'El Santo de la Espada (1970)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Leopoldo Torre Nilsson'
released: '1970-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 120
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'History'
countries:
  - 'Argentina'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/el-santo-de-la-espada-1970'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064931/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# El Santo de la Espada (1970)

1970 · 120 min · Drama, History · Argentina

Original title: El Santo de la espada

## Synopsis

El Santo de la Espada is a 1970 Argentine historical epic film directed by Leopoldo Torre Nilsson and starring Alfredo Alcón. It narrates the life of José de San Martín. It was written by Beatriz Guido and Luis Pico Estrada, based on the eponymous novel by Ricardo Rojas. The script was supervised by the Sanmartinian National Institute. It had a great success, and it is the most successful movie about "El Libertador" San Martín, although it received some negative reviews due to historical inaccuracies.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Leopoldo Torre Nilsson](https://cinepixo.com/people/leopoldo-torre-nilsson)
- **Screenplay:** [Beatriz Guido](https://cinepixo.com/people/beatriz-guido), [Luis Pico Estrada](https://cinepixo.com/people/luis-pico-estrada)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Ariel Ramírez](https://cinepixo.com/people/ariel-ramirez)
- **Director of Photography:** [Aníbal Di Salvo](https://cinepixo.com/people/anibal-di-salvo)

## Cast

- [Diego Varzi](https://cinepixo.com/people/diego-varzi)
- [Hugo Arana](https://cinepixo.com/people/hugo-arana)
- [Evangelina Salazar](https://cinepixo.com/people/evangelina-salazar) as Remedios de Escalada
- [Leonor Benedetto](https://cinepixo.com/people/leonor-benedetto)
- [Rubén Green](https://cinepixo.com/people/ruben-green)
- [Mercedes Sosa](https://cinepixo.com/people/mercedes-sosa)
- [Alfredo Iglesias](https://cinepixo.com/people/alfredo-iglesias) as Manuel Belgrano
- [Héctor Pellegrini](https://cinepixo.com/people/hector-pellegrini) as Héctor Pellegrini
- [Ana María Picchio](https://cinepixo.com/people/ana-maria-picchio) as Mulata Jesús
- [Héctor Alterio](https://cinepixo.com/people/hector-alterio) as Simón Bolívar
- [José Slavin](https://cinepixo.com/people/jose-slavin)
- [Rodolfo Brindisi](https://cinepixo.com/people/rodolfo-brindisi)
- [Walter Soubrié](https://cinepixo.com/people/walter-soubrie)
- [Miguel Herrera](https://cinepixo.com/people/miguel-herrera)
- [Aldo Barbero](https://cinepixo.com/people/aldo-barbero)

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