Vlasta Lah | |
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 Vlasta Lah at Estudios San Miguel in Buenos Aires, 1945. | |
| Born | Vlasta Giulia Lah Rocchi January 13, 1913 |
| Died | July 12, 1978 (aged 65) Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Education | Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, Italy |
| Occupations | |
| Years active | c. 1942–1972[1] |
| Notable work | Las furias (1960) Las modelos (1963) |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 1 |
Vlasta Giulia Lah Rocchi (January 13, 1913 – July 12, 1978), known professionally as Vlasta Lah, was the first woman director of sound films in Argentine cinema,[2] as well as the only woman filmmaker in Latin America in the 1960s.[1] Before her, the only women filmmakers in the country worked during the silent era in the 1910s and early 1920s, before the industrial development of Argentine cinema.[2]
Lah was born in Pula, then part of Austria-Hungary, and emigrated to Buenos Aires around 1930 with her husband and fellow filmmaker Catrano Catrani. She worked extensively as an assistant director for the film studio Estudios San Miguel, in films by renowned directors of the time. In 1960, she made her directorial debut with Las furias, which was followed by her final film Las modelos in 1963. Little is known of Lah's life and her figure had already been largely forgotten at the time of her death, although in recent years her figure has been rescued by critics and historians.
- ^ a b Pereira, Martín Miguel; Vey, Candela (2022). "La escasez de fuentes en el caso Vlasta Lah". Imagofagia (in Spanish) (25). Buenos Aires: Asociación Argentina de Estudios de Cine y Audiovisual. ISSN 1852-9550. Retrieved December 5, 2022.
- ^ a b Peña, Fernando Martín (2012). "Mujeres cineastas". Cien años de cine argentino (eBook) (in Spanish). Buenos Aires: Editorial Biblos. ISBN 978-987-691-098-9.