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El Monje Blanco (1945)
Character: Fray Can
In an Italian monastery during the XIII century, a white image appears sculpted by Fray Paracleto humble mystically and sew clothes. Besides a mysterious woman appears Orsina Galata. She tells her story to the Father Provincial and thus dates back to his past.
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Marina (1945)
Character: Pascual
Adaptation of a Spanish operetta about a love triangle between two fisherman and a human female.
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La cobarde (1953)
Character: Arturo
A stranded ship. A man and two boys go to its rescue - uncle Arturo and his two nephews. The ship is empty, except for a little girl - the only survivor.
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Casa De Muñecas (1954)
Character: N/A
Adaptation of the play by Henrik Ibsen. Mexican version of " A Doll's House." A spendthrift wife hides from her banker husband that she is in debt to a dishonorable employee her husband has fired.
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Bodas trágicas (1946)
Character: Octavio
Jalisco, 19th century. Diego, a wealthy landowner, secretly marries Amparo, defying her father Juan Manuel, who fiercely opposes the union. Juan Manuel still holds a grudge against Diego, having once been his employer when Diego was just a laborer. Their secret marriage stirs jealousy and resentment, particularly in Octavio, Diego’s servant, and his wife Laura, who harbors unspoken feelings for him. As Diego departs for a military mission in Guadalajara, Juan Manuel, unaware of the marriage, attempts to arrange a match between Amparo and the Spaniard José Luis.
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La mujer de todos (1946)
Character: Carlos
A beautiful woman of affairs falls in love with a handsome young man of great promise. Fearing for his future, the man's father begs her to leave his son so that her reputation will not hold him back.
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La dama del velo (1949)
Character: Lic. Cristobal Gómez Peña
Andrea loves Esteban. Esteban murders his wife and goes go jail. Andrea marries Esteban's lawyer. Twenty years later...
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Otra primavera (1950)
Character: Arturo Montesinos
His wife dies and now he's free to marry his mistress and adopt their children officially. How will this play out?
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Maternidad imposible (1955)
Character: N/A
Mother and child are separated during the Spanish Civil War. Believing the mother to be dead, the child is sent to a refugee orphanage in Mexico, then adopted. Meanwhile, Mama recovers from her injuries, and...
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El gallero (1948)
Character: N/A
In Michoacan in the 1920s, Gabriel, a young farmer and champion cockfighter, finds himself in violent opposition to Roman, who not only wants to beat Gabriel's fighting cock, but to steal Gabriel's wife Rosa.
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México de mis amores (1979)
Character: N/A
Anthology of clips from classic-era Mexican films, with reality-footage of elderly actors discussing their memories of the period.
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LA HEREDERA (1994)
Character: N/A
Based on the novel by Henry James. In mid-19th-century New York, a young, plain-looking heiress named Catherine Sloper is courted by a handsome young man who is only after her money. Although her love for him is unwavering, her domineering father will force her to confront the harsh reality by threatening to disinherit her.
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El Jorobado (1943)
Character: N/A
Historical drama/swashbuckler: Spain during the Inquisition.
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Felipe de Jesús (1949)
Character: Felipe de las Casas
Biography of the first Catholic Saint to be born in Mexico.
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Una mujer en la calle (1955)
Character: José Luis
An unlikely friendship develops when respectable Doña Nena spends her days looking out her window across the street to the sex workers who spend their nights there. One night, she helps helps Alicia one of the girls, escape a police raid and spend several nights painting her portrait.
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Mujer de medianoche (1952)
Character: Hugo
Young woman elopes with her fiancé; during their honeymoon, things happen that cause them to be separated, and she finds herself alone in a big city with no resources to fall back on.
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El maleficio 2: Los enviados del infierno (1986)
Character: Enrique de Martino
Raul Araiza's chilling Spanish-language supernatural thriller tells the tale of two powerful beings, one good and one evil incarnate, fighting for control of Earth--and of a beautiful woman.
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Crimen en la alcoba (1946)
Character: Federico Alarcón
A man's on trial for murder; a friend who could prove his innocence chooses not to come forward. An interested detective starts working to discover the how-come of all of that.
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La corte de Faraón (1944)
Character: Micerino
The wise men of the kingdom interpret a dream of Pharaoh and decide that Putifar, a victorious general, should marry Lota, a virginal slave.
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Los olvidados (1950)
Character: Narrator (uncredited)
A group of juvenile delinquents live a violent life in the infamous slums of Mexico City; among them Pedro, whose morality is gradually corrupted and destroyed by the others.
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Historia de un gran amor (1942)
Character: Sacristán
Manuel leaves town leaving Soledad in deep sadness. After several years of absence, the young man returns to find Soledad married to Antonio. However, the woman continues to be in love with him and both are determined to consummate their love.
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Reportaje (1953)
Character: Doctor
Reporters compete for cash prize awarded for biggest scoop on New Year's Eve.
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Muchachas de uniforme (1951)
Character: Novio de Lucila (voz)
Orphan Manuela's passionate crush on her teacher Lucila scandalizes their all-girl Catholic school.
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La virgen que forjó una patria (1942)
Character: Ignacio Allende
On the eve of the Grito de Dolores and faced with the threat of being arrested by the viceregal government, Miguel Hidalgo suggested to Captain Allende that the flag of the insurgent movement be the banner of the Virgin of Guadalupe.
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A propósito de Buñuel (2000)
Character: Self
Surrealist master Luis Buñuel is a towering figure in the world of cinema history, directing such groundbreaking works as Un Chien Andalou, Exterminating Angels, and That Obscure Object of Desire, yet his personal life was clouded in myth and paradox. Though sexually diffident, he frequently worked in the erotic drama genre; though personally quite conservative, his films are florid, flamboyant, and utterly bizarre.
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Trotacalles (1951)
Character: Rodolfo
In Mexico City, two sisters live radically different lives: Maria, who—along with her supportive group of fellow sex workers—must deal with unscrupulous, abusive clients and her exploitative pimp, Rudy, and Elena, a society woman trapped in a marriage of convenience, who falls prey to Rudy’s fortune-seeking seduction.
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Ensayo de un crimen (1955)
Character: Archibaldo de la Cruz
A bizarre black comedy about a man whose overwhelming ambition in life is to be a renowned serial killer of women, and will stop at nothing to achieve it - but not everything goes according to plan...
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Abismos de pasión (1954)
Character: Eduardo
In 19th-century Mexico, young orphan Alejandro is adopted by the wealthy, landowning Earnshaw family and moves into their estate, Wuthering Heights. Soon, the new resident falls for his compassionate foster sister, Catalina. The two share a remarkable bond that seems unbreakable until Catalina, feeling the pressure of social convention, suppresses her feelings and marries Eduardo, a man of means who befits her stature. Alejandro vows to win her back.
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Coronación (1976)
Character: Andrés Avalos
The traumatic story of an old bourgueoise in Mexico City, his relationship with his crazy grandmother, his sexually troubled past and his sick crush on the young and beautiful maid of the house.
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