Black Ermine
Directed by	Carlos Hugo Christensen
Written by	Rafael Maluenda Pedro Juan Vignalle
Starring	Laura Hidalgo Roberto Escalada
Cinematography	Ricardo Younis
Edited by	Jorge Gárate
Music by	Julián Bautista
Production company	Argentina Sono Film
Release date	27 August 1953
Running time	104 minutes
Country	Argentina
Language	Spanish

Black Ermine (Spanish:Armiño negro) is a 1953 Argentine romantic film directed by Carlos Hugo Christensen and starring Laura Hidalgo and Roberto Escalada.

The film's sets were designed by the art director Gori Muñoz. It was made by Argentina Sono Film, the country's largest production company. The film is set in Peru, and location filming took place there.

Synopsis

In the Peruvian capital of Lima, an attractive woman maintains a luxurious lifestyle by taking a series of wealthy lovers. When her son returns from school she takes him on a holiday to Cuzco to see the site of Machu Picchu. While there she meets and falls in love with an Argentine painter, who her son admires greatly. On returning to Lima, she distances herself from her former lovers including a bullfighter who is infatuated by her. But, heavily in debt, she decides to spend a final night with one of her suitors in order to pay off her bills, but with tragic consequences for her relationship with her son.

Cast

• Enrique Abeledo
• Roberto Escalada
• Gloria Ferrandiz
• Aurelia Ferrer
• Nicolás Fregues
• Ricardo Galache
• Laura Hidalgo
• Federico Mansilla
• Bernardo Perrone
• Néstor Zavarce