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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...
Known for
The Werewolf Versus the Vampire WomanMovie • 1971
The People Who Own the DarkMovie • 1976
A Dragonfly for Each CorpseMovie • 1975
Vengeance of the ZombiesMovie • 1973
The Vampires' Night OrgyMovie • 1973
Dr. Jekyll and the WerewolfMovie • 1972
The Count of Monte CristoMovie • 1953
El robobo de la jojoyaMovie • 1991
The Legion of No ReturnMovie • 1969
TraumaMovie • 1978