Movies: Miguel Contreras Torres
- 2016
The Black Legend of Mexican Cinema (2016)
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During 1950, Miguel Contreras Torres led a group of filmmakers to officially denounce William O. Jenkins' monopoly on film theaters, which was built throughout the country upon crime and corruption. Ever since, Uncle Miguel was ridiculed and eventual...
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- 1948
Reina de reinas: La Virgen María (1948)
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Standard retelling of the the Gospels, with a brief epilogue about the death of Mary....
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- 1937
No te engañes corazón (1937)
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No te engañes corazón (released in English as Don't Fool Yourself Dear) is the first full-feature film of Cantinflas after becoming a star of the carpa circuit (folk theater). It was also one of the earliest films of Sara García and Carlos Orellana a...
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- 1934
Juarez and Maximilian (1934)
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The story of Mexican President Benito Juárez and the emperor Maximilian of Habsburg and the empress Carlota....
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- 1939
The Mad Empress (1939)
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The Mad Empress is a 1939 American historical drama film depicting the 3-year reign of Maximilian I of Mexico and his struggles against Benito Juarez....
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- 1937
No matarás (1937)
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Antonio Guerra is an unemployed Spanish immigrant in the USA. His brother and mother in Spain haven't heard about him for many years or even receive a letter. But one day, his brother receives a letter from him, telling that things are going well. Bu...
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- 1921
De raza azteca (1921)
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- 1946
María Magdalena, pecadora de Magdala (1946)
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The story of Mary Magdalene from being a sinner to follow Jesus Christ....
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- 1949
Bamba (1949)
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- 1958
The Last Rebel (1958)
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Mexican western film about Joaquin Murrieta, the Robin Hood of the West....
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- 1940
Hombre o demonio (1940)
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A 1940 film....
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- 1933
Shadow of Pancho Villa (1933)
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A 1933 film....
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- 1953
Under the Sky of Spain (1953)
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Drama film directed and written by Miguel Contreras Torres....
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- 1944
The Useless Life of Pito Perez (1944)
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Episodes from the life of an alcoholic hobo....
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- 1929
The Lion of Sierra Morena (1929)
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Two rival gangs of bandits in the Andalucian outback: one gang distributes their stolen money among the poor and respects women, and the other gang is just common criminals....
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- 1946
El hijo de nadie (1946)
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- 1933
La noche del pecado (1933)
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La noche del pecado is a Mexican and North American co-production directed by Miguel Contreras Torres with Ernesto Vilches, Ramón Pereda, Medea de Novara and produced by Contreras Torres in 1933....
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- 1920
El zarco (1920)
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In early 1860's Mexico, Nicolás (Contreras Torres) wants to marry Manuela (Chavarri) but she runs off with bandit El Zarco (Cantalauba) She soon becomes disillusioned by her lover's cruelty and the brutality of bandit life. In the meantime, Nicolas h...
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- 1938
La golondrina (1938)
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American journalist in Yucatan falls into the orbit of a local politician....
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- 1937
La paloma (1937)
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Dazzled by the Empress Carlotta's graciousness, magnanimity and charm, a young officer in the Mexican army switches his allegiance to the Imperial government with Maximilian as figurehead. Bad move, space cadet....
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