Almafuerte won the
Silver Condor Award for Best Film, given by the
Argentine Film Critics Association in 1950 for the best picture of the previous year. The film was also entered into the
1949 Cannes Film Festival. The
Argentine Academy of Cinematography Arts and Sciences gave several awards for this film. • Best Picture:
Argentina Sono Film • Best original story: Pedro Miguel Obligado and Belisario García Villar • Best Actor:
Narciso Ibáñez Menta • Best supporting actress: Eva Caselli • Best child interpretation: Panchito Lombard • Special mentions: Alberto Etchebehere (director of photography), Alejandro Gutiérrez del Barrio (music), Mario Fezia (camera), José María Paleo (sound), Jorge Garate (montage) Alberto Curchi (camera). ==Other cast==