Berta Singerman Recites “Camino de la Patria”
Argentinean stage legend Berta Singerman — actually born in Russia — made only three films, one of which in Hollywood: Nada más que una mujer / Nothing More Than a Woman, the 1934 Spanish-language version of the Fox production Pursued (itself a remake of The Painted Woman).
Singerman, who died at the age of 97 in Buenos Aires in 1998, was renowned for her poetry readings. Spanish classical music composer Manuel de Falla once said, "While we, composers, look for music for our words, Berta extracts music from words."
The clip above (I’d say it’s from the 1970s or perhaps early 1980s) shows Berta Singerman being interviewed by journalist Antonio Carrizo. I can’t understand most of what she says (my Spanish sucks); nonetheless, her delivery of Colombian poet-journalist Carlos Castro Saavedra’s 1951 poem "Camino de la Patria" ("Road to the Fatherland" — that’s humankind’s "Fatherland" of peace and freedom) is quite impressive. See (and hear) it for yourself. Note: The poem delivery begins at 1m45s.
Clip posted by teditis.
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