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Carlos Gardel, Historia de un Ídolo

1964-04-16

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MusicDocumentary

Newsreels, songs and films by Gardel, real scenes with events and historical figures from Argentina and the world, images of the accident that took his life in Medellín and the funeral in Buenos Aires.

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