page_title: La tragedia del silencio
section_title: Project
hierarchical_section_title: La tragedia del silencio / Production / Project
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Annonce du film "La tragedia del silencio" parue dans la revue Cine Colombia en mai 1924
context_page_description: La tragedia del silencio is a Colombian silent melodrama film directed by Arturo Acevedo Vallarino and first screened on 18 July 1924 at the Faenza theatre in Bogotá. Filmed in black and white, it tells the story of a man suffering from leprosy. It was the first Colombian film during the silent film era with a film score, which was performed during the projection and was written by Alberto Urdaneta Forero.
  At its first screening, the film was well-received by critics and the public and was later shown in Panama and Venezuela. Given the theme of leprosy, the film was criticized by some who believed it would have a negative impact on the image of Colombia. Despite parts of the film not surviving, the Fundación Patrimonio Fílmico Colombiano have retained a 22-minute 45-second excerpt from the film.
context_section_description: Arturo Acevedo Vallarino was the producer and director of a theatre company in Antioquia and one of the pioneers of Colombian cinema. After the introduction of foreign films into Colombia, theatres were not as profitable, leading Acevedo to create a production house in 1920, Acevedo e Hijos (Acevedo and Son), originally known as Casa Cinematográfica Colombia. Acevedo wrote and directed the film.
  According to Colombian film critic Luis Alberto Alvarez, to promote their film productions before releasing them, Acevedo e Hijos launched magazine Cine Colombiano, the first issue of which was published on 1 May 1924. In this first issue, the main article reveals the prologue and first four chapters of the film, with Coutin H. González credited as the author of the article. The musical score of the film, written by Alberto Urdaneta Forero, is also in this issue.
caption: Announcement of the film's release in Cine Colombiano
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