# Alejandro Wehner

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{{Short description|Argentine film director}}
'''Alejandro Wehner''' was an Argentine film director. His work included [Diez segundos](/source/Diez_segundos) (1949), Rio turbio (1951) and [Fierro a fondo](/source/Fierro_a_fondo) (1952).<ref>{{cite web
 |url=http://www.cinemarx.ro/filme/regizate-de-Alejandro-Wehner-387928/
 |title=Filme regizate de Alejandro Wehner
 |work=Cinemarx
 |accessdate=2011-10-26}}</ref>

His first film, ''[Diez segundos](/source/Diez_segundos)'' (Ten Seconds), was based on [Horacio Estol](/source/Horacio_Estol)'s 1946 book on the Argentine boxer [Luis Ángel Firpo](/source/Luis_%C3%81ngel_Firpo).
The book was weak and Wehner was inexperienced, resulting in a disappointing film.<ref>{{cite book
 |page=89
 |title=De la fuga a la fuga: diccionario de films policiales
 |author=Roberto Blanco Pazos, Raúl Clemente
 |publisher=Corregidor |year=2004
 |ISBN=950-05-1528-8}}</ref>
''Rio Turbio'' is a melodrama about miners in the remote town of [Rio Turbio](/source/Rio_Turbio%2C_Santa_Cruz), communicating a patriotic message about the New Argentina.<ref>{{cite book
 |page=124
 |title=Brief history of Argentine cinema
 |author=Caesar Maranghello
 |publisher=Laertes |year=2005
 |ISBN=84-7584-532-0}}</ref>

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