Mario Soffici (14 May 1900 - 10 May 1977) was an Italian born Argentine film director, actor and screenwriter of the classic era. A native of Florence, Soffici moved the Argentina in the 1920s and began acting in 1931 and directing in 1935 on the film El Alma de Bandoneón, working with popular actors of the period such as Libertad Lamarque in tango-based musical films. He directed some 40 films between 1935 and 1962, most notably El Curandero (1955), El hombre que debía una muerte (1955) and Rosaura a las 10 (1958). He died at Buenos Aires in 1977.