The Seven Madmen

{{short description|1973 film}}

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{{Infobox film

| name = The Seven Madmen

| image =

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| director = Leopoldo Torre Nilsson

| producer = Leopoldo Torre Nilsson

| screenplay = Mirta Arlt
Beatriz Guido
Luis Pico Estrada
Leopoldo Torre Nilsson

| based_on = {{Based on|Los siete locos and Los lanzallamas|Roberto Arlt}}

| starring = Alfredo Alcón
Norma Aleandro
Héctor Alterio
Thelma Biral
Sergio Renán
Osvaldo Terranova

| music = Mariano Etkin
Osvaldo Requena

| cinematography = Aníbal Di Salvo

| editing = Armando Blanco
Antonio Ripoll

| studio = Producciones Cinematográficas Litoral S.A.C.I.F.I.

| distributor = Contracuadro

| released = {{film date|df=yes|1973}}

| runtime = 118 minutes

| country = Argentina

| language = Spanish

| budget =

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The Seven Madmen ({{langx|es|Los siete locos}}, also known as The Revolution of the Seven Madmen) is a 1973 Argentine drama film directed by Leopoldo Torre Nilsson and starring Alfredo Alcón, Norma Aleandro and Héctor Alterio. It was based on the novels Los siete locos (The Seven Madmen) and Los lanzallamas (The Flamethowers), by Roberto Arlt. The film was entered into the 23rd Berlin International Film Festival, where it won the Silver Bear Award.{{cite web |url=http://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/1973/03_preistr_ger_1973/03_Preistraeger_1973.html |title=Berlinale 1973: Prize Winners |access-date=29 June 2010 |work=berlinale.de}}

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