Centauros del pasado is a 1944 Argentine historical biopic of the classical era of Argentine cinema, directed by , with a screenplay by Villar, Eliseo Montaine, and , as based upon the original historical novel by Montaine and Talice about Pancho Ramirez, a governor of Argentina's Entre RÃÂos Province during the Argentine War of Independence, and founder of the Republic of Entre RÃÂos.
During the Argentine War of Independence, Pancho Ramirez led well-disciplined and successful forces against the Royalists, eventually founding the short-lived Republic of Entre RÃÂos in 1820. When opposition forces captured his wife in 1821, Ramirez was killed and beheaded during an ill-fated attempt at rescue.
In 1945, The Argentine Film Critics Association awarded and Eliseo Montaine the Silver Condor Award for Best Original Screenplay.