Leopoldo Torre Nilsson

Leopoldo Torre Nilsson

Birth : 1924-05-05, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Death : 1978-09-08

History

Leopoldo Torre Nilsson (5 May 1924 – 8 September 1978), also known as Leo Towers and as Babsy, was an Argentine film director, producer and screenwriter. Born as Leopoldo Torres Nilsson (he later changed his paternal surname from Torres to Torre) was the son of Argentine pioneer film director Leopoldo Torres Ríos, with whom he collaborated between 1939 and 1949. He debuted in 1947 with the short El muro. His mother was an Argentinian citizen of Swedish descent. His uncle was cinematographer Carlos Torres Ríos (1898–1956). From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Leopoldo Torre Nilsson

Movies

Regreso a Coronel Vallejos
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
A bitter postcard of the town of the Buenos Aires countryside that Argentinean writer Manuel Puig (1932-90) portrayed with singular mastery, based on his own land, a town named General Villegas. Its inhabitants never forgave him. However, a woman, owner of a painful and enigmatic past, will build a bridge between Coronel Vallejos, the town created by Puig, and the real General Villegas, trying to reconcile the place with the writer.
Fiebre amarilla
Writer
Piedra libre
Writer
Eugenia's parents die. She goes to live with Amalita, her close friend. Her grandmother Amalia Pradere a wealth landlady, takes the orphan under her protection. After a chain of events, disappearing her grandchild, Eugenia will take Amalita's place. She will inherit not only Amalia's possessions but also Ezequiel's love, Amalita's widower.
Piedra libre
Director
Eugenia's parents die. She goes to live with Amalita, her close friend. Her grandmother Amalia Pradere a wealth landlady, takes the orphan under her protection. After a chain of events, disappearing her grandchild, Eugenia will take Amalita's place. She will inherit not only Amalia's possessions but also Ezequiel's love, Amalita's widower.
Farewell, Sui Géneris
Producer
Documentary of the phenomenonal band Sui Géneris in its farewell tour at Luna Park on September 5, 1975.
Diary of a Pig War
Writer
A man who is entering old age facing a society in which young people removed the old.
Diary of a Pig War
Director
A man who is entering old age facing a society in which young people removed the old.
Jewish Gauchos
Producer
The film recreates the arrival of a group of Jewish immigrants fleeing persecution in Czarist Russia, establishing the first Hebrew colonies in the province of Entre Rios, Argentina.
Kid Head
Writer
The life of "El Pibe Cabeza", an authentic Argentine gangster in the '30.
Kid Head
Director
The life of "El Pibe Cabeza", an authentic Argentine gangster in the '30.
Painted Lips
Producer
The life and the lovers of a few young women in a provincial town.
Painted Lips
Writer
The life and the lovers of a few young women in a provincial town.
Painted Lips
Director
The life and the lovers of a few young women in a provincial town.
La muerte de Sebastián Arache y su pobre entierro
Associate Producer
Directed by Nicolás Sarquís
The Seven Madmen
Screenplay
After committing a fraud on the company where he work, a man meets a strange character who will introduce him to a group that plot a terrorist attack.
The Seven Madmen
Director
After committing a fraud on the company where he work, a man meets a strange character who will introduce him to a group that plot a terrorist attack.
The Mafia
Writer
A thinly disguised account of the story of the Galiffi mafia family of Rosario, Argentina, their decadent loves and brutal crimes.
The Mafia
Director
A thinly disguised account of the story of the Galiffi mafia family of Rosario, Argentina, their decadent loves and brutal crimes.
Güemes, la tierra en armas
Screenplay
The story of the wars of independence in Northern Argentina during the 19th Century.
Güemes, la tierra en armas
The story of the wars of independence in Northern Argentina during the 19th Century.
Güemes, la tierra en armas
Director
The story of the wars of independence in Northern Argentina during the 19th Century.
The Knight of the Sword
Producer
The life story of Argentine independence hero Jose de San Martin.
The Knight of the Sword
Writer
The life story of Argentine independence hero Jose de San Martin.
The Knight of the Sword
Director
The life story of Argentine independence hero Jose de San Martin.
The Dependent
Producer
Fernandez is a lonely man leading a lonely life. All he does is work for an old man in a hardware store. But all that changes, when he meets the girl of his dreams... and her family.
Martín Fierro
Writer
The story of rebel gaucho Martin Fierro, his people, and their life in the Argentine Pampas. Based on José Hernández's epic poem.
Martín Fierro
Producer
The story of rebel gaucho Martin Fierro, his people, and their life in the Argentine Pampas. Based on José Hernández's epic poem.
Martín Fierro
Director
The story of rebel gaucho Martin Fierro, his people, and their life in the Argentine Pampas. Based on José Hernández's epic poem.
Los traidores de San Ángel
Writer
Henchmen of the dictator from a South American country blackmail Nick Thomas into being a government spy. The former smuggler is to pose as a priest and enter a monastery thought to be sympathetic with rebel guerrillas. The release of the film coincided with real-life events, as Catholic priests continued to be the victims of government persecution throughout Latin America.
Los traidores de San Ángel
Director
Henchmen of the dictator from a South American country blackmail Nick Thomas into being a government spy. The former smuggler is to pose as a priest and enter a monastery thought to be sympathetic with rebel guerrillas. The release of the film coincided with real-life events, as Catholic priests continued to be the victims of government persecution throughout Latin America.
La chica del lunes
Screenplay
The daughter of an American marriage in Puerto Rico forces her parents to find a doll that her father mistakenly sent in a box of aid during a flood.
La chica del lunes
Director
The daughter of an American marriage in Puerto Rico forces her parents to find a doll that her father mistakenly sent in a box of aid during a flood.
The Eavesdropper
Producer
When a young fanatical nationalist suspects that his fellow pensioners - immigrants and zarzuela players - plan an attack on the president, he reports them to the police. In his adventure, he leaves behind a girlfriend and a lover, and ends up sharing his life with a disoriented girl.
The Eavesdropper
Writer
When a young fanatical nationalist suspects that his fellow pensioners - immigrants and zarzuela players - plan an attack on the president, he reports them to the police. In his adventure, he leaves behind a girlfriend and a lover, and ends up sharing his life with a disoriented girl.
The Eavesdropper
Director
When a young fanatical nationalist suspects that his fellow pensioners - immigrants and zarzuela players - plan an attack on the president, he reports them to the police. In his adventure, he leaves behind a girlfriend and a lover, and ends up sharing his life with a disoriented girl.
Once Upon a Tractor
Writer
Short film directed by Leopoldo Torre Nilsson.
Once Upon a Tractor
Director
Short film directed by Leopoldo Torre Nilsson.
The Terrace
Writer
A group of young aristocrats lock themselves up, for fun, on a terrace in a wealthy building in Buenos Aires. Their parents try to get them out, but they threaten to jump down if any adults enter the terrace.
The Terrace
Director
A group of young aristocrats lock themselves up, for fun, on a terrace in a wealthy building in Buenos Aires. Their parents try to get them out, but they threaten to jump down if any adults enter the terrace.
The Female: Seventy Times Seven
Writer
Cora is a Mexican prostitute with typically inconsiderate johns. She is troubled by a hole in the ceiling. The hole triggers flashbacks regarding how she got to where she is; she hooked up with a gringo and got involved in digging a well. A horse thief given up for dead gives them a hand.
The Female: Seventy Times Seven
Director
Cora is a Mexican prostitute with typically inconsiderate johns. She is troubled by a hole in the ceiling. The hole triggers flashbacks regarding how she got to where she is; she hooked up with a gringo and got involved in digging a well. A horse thief given up for dead gives them a hand.
Homenaje a la hora de la siesta
Writer
The widows of four missionaries condemned by the Indians to die at the stake, go to the Amazon jungle to pay homage to them.
Homenaje a la hora de la siesta
Director
The widows of four missionaries condemned by the Indians to die at the stake, go to the Amazon jungle to pay homage to them.
Summerskin
Producer
In this drama, a still-young grandmother has a suitor whose son is suffering from an incurable illness. The woman knows that the son has fallen in love with her granddaughter, but the granddaughter does not reciprocate his feelings. Convinced she should do something about that situation, grandmother talks her granddaughter into going on a trip to Paris with the young man -- intent on bringing the two together. But this simple plan, it turns out, has unforeseen consequences
Summerskin
Writer
In this drama, a still-young grandmother has a suitor whose son is suffering from an incurable illness. The woman knows that the son has fallen in love with her granddaughter, but the granddaughter does not reciprocate his feelings. Convinced she should do something about that situation, grandmother talks her granddaughter into going on a trip to Paris with the young man -- intent on bringing the two together. But this simple plan, it turns out, has unforeseen consequences
Summerskin
Director
In this drama, a still-young grandmother has a suitor whose son is suffering from an incurable illness. The woman knows that the son has fallen in love with her granddaughter, but the granddaughter does not reciprocate his feelings. Convinced she should do something about that situation, grandmother talks her granddaughter into going on a trip to Paris with the young man -- intent on bringing the two together. But this simple plan, it turns out, has unforeseen consequences
The Hand in the Trap
Producer
This haunting drama concerns a young woman on vacation from boarding school who discovers her aunt cloistered in the attic.
The Hand in the Trap
Screenplay
This haunting drama concerns a young woman on vacation from boarding school who discovers her aunt cloistered in the attic.
The Hand in the Trap
Director
This haunting drama concerns a young woman on vacation from boarding school who discovers her aunt cloistered in the attic.
Un guapo del 900
Writer
The moral conflicts of a conservative politician, his wife and a bully, in the Buenos Aires of the early twentieth century.
Un guapo del 900
Director
The moral conflicts of a conservative politician, his wife and a bully, in the Buenos Aires of the early twentieth century.
Fin de fiesta
Producer
This routine drama set in Argentina during the 1930s draws parallels between a family patriarch and a political despot who stoops to any corrupt means to increase his power and wealth. The parallels are easy to make because the man is the same in both cases. The grandfather in the family has a rigid, tight-fisted control over his grandchildren, who eventually begin to rebel against his authoritarian and ironically puritanical behavior. At first, there is no real awareness of his opposite, criminal behavior outside the home. But as one of the grandsons begins to mature in his political savvy, the grandfather comes under well-deserved fire at last.
Fin de fiesta
Writer
This routine drama set in Argentina during the 1930s draws parallels between a family patriarch and a political despot who stoops to any corrupt means to increase his power and wealth. The parallels are easy to make because the man is the same in both cases. The grandfather in the family has a rigid, tight-fisted control over his grandchildren, who eventually begin to rebel against his authoritarian and ironically puritanical behavior. At first, there is no real awareness of his opposite, criminal behavior outside the home. But as one of the grandsons begins to mature in his political savvy, the grandfather comes under well-deserved fire at last.
Fin de fiesta
Director
This routine drama set in Argentina during the 1930s draws parallels between a family patriarch and a political despot who stoops to any corrupt means to increase his power and wealth. The parallels are easy to make because the man is the same in both cases. The grandfather in the family has a rigid, tight-fisted control over his grandchildren, who eventually begin to rebel against his authoritarian and ironically puritanical behavior. At first, there is no real awareness of his opposite, criminal behavior outside the home. But as one of the grandsons begins to mature in his political savvy, the grandfather comes under well-deserved fire at last.
La caída
Writer
A university student comes to stay with a bedridden woman and her four children. Helping out around the house, she soon grows fond of the mother and children. An attorney falls for the student, but the couple experiences problems when she declines to leave what he refers to as "that lunatic asylum."
La caída
Director
A university student comes to stay with a bedridden woman and her four children. Helping out around the house, she soon grows fond of the mother and children. An attorney falls for the student, but the couple experiences problems when she declines to leave what he refers to as "that lunatic asylum."
The Kidnapper
Writer
A group of poor people living on the bare minimum in a slum, trying to survive in a world that seems to have no place for them. With a tone raw and realistic story portrays their daily tragedies, and their struggle to survive.
The Kidnapper
Director
A group of poor people living on the bare minimum in a slum, trying to survive in a world that seems to have no place for them. With a tone raw and realistic story portrays their daily tragedies, and their struggle to survive.
The House of the Angel
Screenplay
A young teen has been raised by a despotic mother overcome with religious zeal and a father who rules over the household with a heavy, iron hand. Forcibly kept innocent of the sexual nuances of some adult relationships, she is not too clear on her rights, his intentions, or the consequences when her father's best friend starts to lust after her.
The House of the Angel
Director
A young teen has been raised by a despotic mother overcome with religious zeal and a father who rules over the household with a heavy, iron hand. Forcibly kept innocent of the sexual nuances of some adult relationships, she is not too clear on her rights, his intentions, or the consequences when her father's best friend starts to lust after her.
The trees of Buenos Aires
Director
El protegido
Writer
Story of a producer at the time of the big studios, in which the auteur cinema has no place.
El protegido
Director
Story of a producer at the time of the big studios, in which the auteur cinema has no place.
Graciela
Director
A small town girl arrives in the city to study literature and philosophy, she stays in a house inhabited by a family in decline.
Para vestir santos
Director
A humble woman breaks her relationship with her boyfriend and dedicates herself to taking care of her siblings, as they grow up she is left alone.
La Tigra
The film narrates the encounter between "La Tigra", a woman known by that nickname in the cafes of the port area for her character and her sharp claws, and Luis, a student of Fine Arts. There will be born a strong, passionate and necessarily brief relationship during which each of them will peek into the world of the other, until then unknown, unable to overcome the hostility of the same. Luis is unwilling or unable to leave his bourgeois stability and "La Tigra" is unable to leave an environment in which the malevo Olivera is the dominant figure.
La Tigra
Director
The film narrates the encounter between "La Tigra", a woman known by that nickname in the cafes of the port area for her character and her sharp claws, and Luis, a student of Fine Arts. There will be born a strong, passionate and necessarily brief relationship during which each of them will peek into the world of the other, until then unknown, unable to overcome the hostility of the same. Luis is unwilling or unable to leave his bourgeois stability and "La Tigra" is unable to leave an environment in which the malevo Olivera is the dominant figure.
Days of Hate
Screenplay
Emma Zunz plans to avenge her father’s death and escape the consequences with a risky alibi.
Days of Hate
Director
Emma Zunz plans to avenge her father’s death and escape the consequences with a risky alibi.
El hijo del crack
Writer
A famous football player faces retirement, but his son is still his most faithful fan.
El hijo del crack
Director
A famous football player faces retirement, but his son is still his most faithful fan.
Facundo, el tigre de los llanos
Supervising Technical Director
Aspects of the life of Juan Facundo Quiroga, a caudillo who for many years ruled the province of La Rioja in Argentina and was assassinated in 1835.
Facundo, el tigre de los llanos
Screenplay
Aspects of the life of Juan Facundo Quiroga, a caudillo who for many years ruled the province of La Rioja in Argentina and was assassinated in 1835.
The Crime of Oribe
Writer
The story of two men and a mysterious family, who repeat the same day forever in order to save the life of one of its daughters.
The Crime of Oribe
Director
The story of two men and a mysterious family, who repeat the same day forever in order to save the life of one of its daughters.
El nieto de Congreve
Writer
The relationship between a suffered gauchito and a foal.
El nieto de Congreve
Assistant Director
The relationship between a suffered gauchito and a foal.
Pantalones Cortos
Director of Operations
El hombre de las sorpresas
Screenplay
A man pretends to be dead and his dying wish causes his wife to marry a drifter and lose her inheritance.
El hombre de las sorpresas
Assistant Director
A man pretends to be dead and his dying wish causes his wife to marry a drifter and lose her inheritance.
El hijo de la calle
Writer
El hijo de la calle
Assistant Director
Pelota de trapo
Assistant Director
This is the story of a suburb in Buenos Aires, its neighborhood, and how they live together in poverty, conjoined by the games of the children, and the love and support of the grown ups.
Pelota de trapo
Writer
This is the story of a suburb in Buenos Aires, its neighborhood, and how they live together in poverty, conjoined by the games of the children, and the love and support of the grown ups.
El hombre del sábado
Second Assistant Art Director
Santos Vega vuelve
Writer
A singer takes possession of a ranch and receives the mission to avenge his ancestor Santos Vega, that legendary payador, and defeat Juan Sin Ropa.
Tres millones... y el amor
Assistant Director
A thief going to rob an unscrupulous industrialist falls in love with a young woman and turns himself in to the police to save a thief friend.
La tía de Carlos
Assistant Director
A young man pretends to be his friends' aunt to solve certain problems.
Un modelo de París
Assistant Director
A series of confusions involve an unfaithful woman and a man on his wedding day.
El comisario de Tranco Largo
Assistant Director
A workers' strike provokes acts of violence and the death of the town's commissioner.
¡Gaucho!
Assistant Director
A gaucho flees from justice for murdering a man with whom his girlfriend was betraying him. He settles in a place where he falls in love with a woman, also desired by the local commissioner.
El mozo número 13
Assistant Director
La luz de un fósforo
Assistant Director
A shy man invents in front of his friends a love affair with a singer but circumstances will lead him to conquer her.