Miguel Contreras Torres

El hermano Pedro (1967)

¡Viva la soldadera! (1960)

Pueblo en armas (1959)

Appointed by the dictator Huerta, a local official tries to use his authority to pressure a young woman into marrying him. Meanwhile, counter-revolution is brewing. ...

The Last Rebel (1958)

Mexican western film about Joaquin Murrieta, the Robin Hood of the West. ...

Tehuantepec (1954)

Under the Sky of Spain (1953)

Drama film directed and written by Miguel Contreras Torres. ...

Love for Life (1950)

During the times of Venezuelan dictator Juan Vicente Gómez, an exhausted stranger arrives at a farm and starts to help the owner with the legal status of her land. ...

Pancho Villa Returns (1950)

It's 1913, and noble Mexican General Pancho Villa leads his troops against the assassins of President Madero. ...

Pancho Villa vuelve (1950)

Two romantic rivals join the Mexican Revolution on opposing sides. The movie's more interested in the love triangle than in the war. ...

Bamba (1949)

Reina de reinas: La Virgen María (1948)

Standard retelling of the the Gospels, with a brief epilogue about the death of Mary. ...

Mary Magdalene, Sinner of Magdala (1946)

The story of Mary Magdalene from being a sinner to follow Jesus Christ. ...

El hijo de nadie (1946)

Rancho de mis recuerdos (1946)

Bartolo toca la flauta (1945)

The Useless Life of Pito Perez (1944)

Episodes from the life of an alcoholic hobo. ...

El rayo del sur (1943)

Latter part of the career of Padre Morelos, the 18th/19th century military leader. Sequel to... um... El Padre Morelos. ...

El padre Morelos (1943)

Biography of early-1800s Mexican priest/statesman. ...

Simón Bolívar (1942)

Biopic of the revolutionary Simón Bolívar who fought to end Spanish rule over much of Latin America. ...

Hasta que llovió en Sayula (1941)

Hombre o demonio (1940)

A 1940 film. ...

The Mad Empress (1939)

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. ...

La golondrina (1938)

American journalist in Yucatan falls into the orbit of a local politician. ...

La paloma (1937)

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. ...

No te engañes corazón (1937)

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 and ...

No matarás (1937)

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. But the ...

¡Viva México! (1934)

Know what this is about? ...

Juarez and Maximilian (1934)

The story of Mexican President Benito Juárez and the emperor Maximilian of Habsburg and the empress Carlota. ...

Tribu (1934)

La noche del pecado (1933)

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. ...

Shadow of Pancho Villa (1933)

A 1933 film. ...

Soñadores de gloria (1932)

Zitari (1931)

The Black Legend of Mexican Cinema (2016)

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 eventually for ...

La golondrina (1938)

American journalist in Yucatan falls into the orbit of a local politician. ...

Shadow of Pancho Villa (1933)

A 1933 film. ...

Soñadores de gloria (1932)