A locked room, a dead woman, and zero ways in. Classic whodunit chaos.
A journalist investigates several crimes, one of which involves the well-known riddle of the "closed room".
Writing
Leroux's legendary locked-room setup, tightly adapted.
Production
1940s Argentine studio craft on a shoestring.
Director
Julio Saraceni
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Gaston Leroux's 1907 novel invented the locked-room detective subgenre; this Argentine adaptation predates the more famous French versions.
Saraceni shot this in Buenos Aires with a stage-trained cast, explaining the theatrical blocking in the mansion scenes.
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