About

Known credits:
107
Birthday:
1906-10-17
Place of birth:
Buenos Aires, Argentina
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León Klimovsky

Overview

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

León Klimovsky (16 October 1906–8 April 1996) was an Argentine film director.

A trained dentist, born in Buenos Aires, his real passion was always the cinema. He pioneered Argentine cultural movement known as cineclub and financed the first movie theater to show art movies. He also founded Argentina's first film club in 1929.

After participating as scriptwriter and assistant director of 1944's Se abre el abismo he filmed his first movie, an adaptation of Fyodor Dostoyevsky's The Player. From this first phase, it can be also highlighted the adaptations of Alexandre Dumas' The Count of Monte Cristo and Ernesto Sabato's The Tunnel.

On the 1950s Klimovsky settled in Spain, where he becomes a "professional" director. He went into spaghetti westerns and so-called exploitation films, filming in Mexico, Italy and Egypt. Perhaps he is best remembered for his contribution to Spain's horror film genre, beginning with La noche de Walpurgis. León Klimovsky confessed to have always dreamt of doing great vanguard movies but ended on filming commercial ones, but without remorse, as doing cinema was a vocational mandate for him.

On 1995 he won the "Honor Award" of the Spanish Film Director Association. He died in Madrid of a heart attack. He was brother to the Argentine mathematician and philosopher Gregorio Klimovsky.

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Known for

Acting
1992 Amo tu cama rica Actor Tornatto 59
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1991 El robobo de la jojoya Actor 58
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1988 The Brother from Space Actor 58
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1985 The Sea Serpent Actor Dr. Moore 58
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1984 Dos mejor que uno Actor Librero 59
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1984 The Most Beautiful Night Actor 58
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1982 Cristóbal Colón, de oficio... descubridor Actor 59
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1981 Maravillas Actor Santos 58
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1979 El sexo ataca (1ª jornada) Actor Chochoffsky 59
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1976 Amor casi... libre Actor Representante de Foscafé (uncredited) 59
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1974 I Saw Her First Actor Faustino 58
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1959 S.O.S., abuelita Actor N/A
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Directing
1979 The Shack Directing Director 58
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1979 La Barraca Directing Director 69
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1978 Trauma Directing Director 58
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1977 ¿Y ahora qué, señor fiscal? Directing Director 58
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1977 Three Days in November Directing Director N/A
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1976 The Kidnapping Directing Director 58
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1976 The People Who Own the Dark Directing Director 58
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1975 Death of a Hoodlum Directing Director 58
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1975 The Night of the Walking Dead Directing Director 58
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1975 A Dragonfly for Each Corpse Directing Director 58
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1974 The Devil's Possessed Directing Director 59
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1974 Mean Mother Directing Director 58
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1974 I Hate My Body Directing Director 59
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1973 The Vampires' Night Orgy Directing Director 58
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1973 Vengeance of the Zombies Directing Director 58
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1973 The Dracula Saga Directing Director 59
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1972 Dr. Jekyll vs. the Werewolf Directing Director 59
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1972 La casa de las Chivas Directing Director 59
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1972 El hombre que vino del odio Directing Director N/A
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1971 Raise Your Hands, Dead Man! You're Under Arrest Directing Director 58
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1971 The Werewolf Versus the Vampire Woman Directing Director 58
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1970 Reverend's Colt Directing Director 58
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1970 Los hombres las prefieren viudas Directing Director N/A
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1970 Challenge of McKenna Directing Director 58
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1969 Quel maledetto ponte sull'Elba Directing Director 58
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1969 Quinto: Fighting Proud Directing Director 59
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1969 A Bullet for Rommel Directing Director 58
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1968 Seven Into Hell Directing Director 58
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1968 Death Knows No Time Directing Director 58
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1968 Una chica para dos Directing Director N/A
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1967 Rattler Kid Directing Director 58
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1967 Die Easy in Ghentar Directing Director N/A
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1966 A Few Dollars for Django Directing Director 58
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1966 Django, a Bullet for You Directing Director 58
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1965 La colina de los pequeños diablos Directing Director 59
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1964 Escala en Tenerife Directing Director 58
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1964 Billy the Kid Directing Director 58
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1964 Ella y el miedo Directing Director 59
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1964 Aquella joven de blanco Directing Director 59
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1962 School of Seductresses Directing Director N/A
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1962 Torrejón City Directing Director 58
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1962 Horizontes de luz Directing Director N/A
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1962 Todos eran culpables Directing Director 59
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1960 La paz empieza nunca Directing Director 59
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1960 Un tipo de sangre Directing Director N/A
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1960 Ama Rosa Directing Director 59
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1960 El hombre que perdió el tren Directing Director 58
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1960 Un bruto para Patricia Directing Director N/A
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1959 Salto a la gloria Directing Director N/A
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1959 S.O.S., abuelita Directing Director N/A
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1959 Llegaron los franceses Directing Director N/A
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1958 Un indiano en Moratilla Directing Director 59
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1957 Desert Warrior Directing Director 58
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1956 Viaje de novios Directing Director 59
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1956 Miedo Directing Director N/A
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1955 El juramento de Lagardere Directing Director N/A
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1955 The Miller's Saucy Wife Directing Director 58
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1955 El tren expreso Directing Director N/A
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1954 3 citas con el destino Directing Director 58
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1953 El conde de Montecristo Directing Director 58
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1952 La parda Flora Directing Director N/A
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1952 The Tunnel Directing Director 58
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1951 El pendiente Directing Director 59
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1951 La vida color de rosa Directing Director N/A
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1951 Suburbio Directing Director 58
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1950 The Marihuana Story Directing Director 59
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1949 La Guitarra de Gardel Directing Director N/A
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1949 Se llamaba Carlos Gardel Directing Director N/A
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1947 El jugador Directing Director 59
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1945 Se abre el abismo Directing Assistant Director 58
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1945 Una mujer sin importancia Directing Script Supervisor N/A
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Writing
1974 I Hate My Body Writing Story 59
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1970 A Lady Called Andrew Writing Writer 59
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1970 Challenge of McKenna Writing Screenplay 58
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1962 Torrejón City Writing Writer 58
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1962 Todos eran culpables Writing Dialogue 59
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1960 La paz empieza nunca Writing Writer 59
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1960 Ama Rosa Writing Writer 59
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1960 Un bruto para Patricia Writing Writer N/A
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1959 S.O.S., abuelita Writing Writer N/A
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1958 Un indiano en Moratilla Writing Writer 59
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1955 El tren expreso Writing Writer N/A
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1953 El conde de Montecristo Writing Screenplay 58
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1952 La parda Flora Writing Writer N/A
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1952 The Tunnel Writing Writer 58
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1949 La Guitarra de Gardel Writing Screenplay N/A
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1947 Siete para un secreto Writing Screenplay N/A
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1947 The Mysterious Uncle Silas Writing Writers' Assistant N/A
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1946 Tres millones... y el amor Writing Writer N/A
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1946 Albergue de mujeres Writing Writer N/A
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1945 Se abre el abismo Writing Writer 58
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Production
1951 La vida color de rosa Production Production Director N/A
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1948 Rodríguez supernumerario Production Producer 59
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Camera
1974 El talón de Aquiles Camera Director of Photography N/A
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Editing
1954 Comedians Editing Editorial Consultant 58
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