Its script was written by Alfonso de Laferrére, the background models of Buenos Aires were created by Andrés Ducaud [es], and the initial character designs were drawn by Diógenes Taborda.

In the film, Yrigoyen dreams about going to Mount Olympus and discussing politics with the gods before using one of Zeus's lightning bolts to cleanse Buenos Aires of corruption.

[3][4] He hired Quirino Cristiani, known at the time for caricatures in daily newspapers, to help animate an experimental political vignette for Valle's newsreel.

[13] Taborda left the production, daunted by the amount of work needed to complete the film, but allowed Cristiani to make his drawings simpler and easier to animate.

[14] It is unknown how long El Apóstol took to produce, but it was quick for an animated film;[15] production was estimated at less than ten or twelve months.

[15][9][16] Filming was done in the studio Talleres Cinematográficos Valle using artificial light set up by Cristiani using self-made voltaic arc lamps.

El Apóstol showings lasted for six months[23] before it was banned by the Buenos Aires town council for being a caricature of a current political situation.

[29] Sin dejar rastros was based on the sinking of an Argentine merchant ship by a German submarine which was blamed on the Allies in an attempt to get Argentina to enter World War I; however, President Yrigoyen kept the country neutral.

[30] The film was shown for one day (May 17, 1918)[9] before it was confiscated by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs[5] to avoid inflaming public opinion and creating more problems between Argentina and Germany,[31] and was never seen again.

[25][31] Peludópolis, produced from 1928 to 1931[32] and the world's first animated feature-length sound film,[33][34] satirized the greed of Yrigoyen and his ministers.

[29] The film, about a group of pirates led by El Peludo who hijack a ship and sail it to Republica Quesolandia (the Republic of Cheeseland),[34] had a troubled production history due to its political content (necessitating a new ending).