Catrano Catrani

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Catrano M. Catrani (October 31, 1910 — December 19, 1974) was an Italian-Argentine film director and producer.

Catrani was born in 1910 in Città di Castello, Umbria, Italy. He studied film at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in Rome. He emigrated to Argentina in 1937 and settled in Buenos Aires, where he joined San Miguel Studios. He directed many short advertising films and documentaries, and in 1942 he completed his first major work, the comedy En el último piso with Zully Moreno as the lead.

His first big success was Alto Paraná, a costumbrista comedy screenwritten by novelist…