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Crisol de hombres

1954 film by Arturo Gemmiti

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 3, 2026
Entity authorityQ5185988 ↗
Source-derived summary

Crisol de hombres is a 1954 film of the classical era of Argentine cinema written by Abel Santa Cruz and directed by Arturo Gemmiti. The film stars Pedro Maratea, Guillermo Pedemonte, Roberto Durán, and Fernando Siro.

Plot

The film revolves around a group of young conscripts serving under a strict sergeant. However, despite his stern exterior, he understands and empathizes with the new recruits.

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“Crisol de hombres” enters the record as 1954 film by Arturo Gemmiti. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Crisol, hombres and film can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA productive route into publication, performance and collection histories when the underlying object or edition remains clearly identified. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1954—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1954-01-01. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Crisol, hombres and film.
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“Crisol de hombres” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Crisol, hombres and film provides the most credible route into that argument.

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Attribution, date and provenance are strongest when supported by the original work, a catalogue record and documented transmission. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 3, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q5185988. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1954.

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This entry incorporates text from “Crisol de hombres” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.