Miguel Zacarías

Directing

Miguel Zacarías

Born March 19, 1905 · Mexico City, Mexico

Died April 20, 2006 · aged 101

Zacarías began directing for film in 1933. Even from his early career he developed a reputation for recognizing new acting talent and founded the careers of the some of Mexico's most notable actors including Pedro Armendáriz in Rosario (1935), María Félix, Marga López, Esther Fernández, and Manuel Medel. His 1961 film Juana Gallo was entered into the 2nd Moscow International Film Festival. Zacaría…

Known For

I Escaped from Devil's IslandI Escaped from Devil's Island · 1973
I Escaped from Devil's Island
★ 5.11973
MovieActionAdventure
In 1916, a group of prisoners plot their escape from the notorious fortress located in French Guiana.
DemonoidDemonoid · 1981
Demonoid
★ 4.81981
MovieHorror
A British woman visits her husband at the Mexican mine he is attempting to reopen and discovers that the workers refuse to enter the mine, fearing an ancient curse. The couple enter the mine to prove there is no danger and inadvertently release a demon which possesses people's left hands and forces them to behave in a suitably diabolical manner.
Ahí viene Martín CoronaAhí viene Martín Corona · 1952
Ahí viene Martín Corona
★ 7.21952
MovieComedyDrama
Martin Corona, player and womanizer, defends the underprivileged, the poor and the needy. He will have to defend a Spanish girl and her servant from the clutches of the villainous of the town. Not only will he have to fight the bad guy, but against the pride of the girl who initially believes that he is the bad character and distrusts him. She was very proud to put him at her feet, but there was a problem, Martin Corona was due more to his people than anyone and she was not willing to risk losing it, so before marrying him, made him swear he would not intervene In other problems.
Watch Out for LoveWatch Out for Love · 1954
Watch Out for Love
★ 7.11954
MovieComedyDrama
Salvador accompanied by two friends of his father whom he calls uncles, they arrive at a fair in the village, there he meets Ana. When he wins a bet he is paid with a mortgaged house, to his surprise upon entering the hom he realizes that Ana and her mother live in it, provoking a funny entanglement with an explosive final.
Capulina Corazón de LeónCapulina Corazón de León · 1970
Capulina Corazón de León
★ 5.91970
MovieFamilyComedy
It didn't really have a plot, but things happened: bumbling bozo raises a lion cub in his apartment, bumbling bozo gets a lion's heart transplantedd into him, bumbling bozo gets mixed up with criminals.
La hermana TrinqueteLa hermana Trinquete · 1970
La hermana Trinquete
★ 6.71970
MovieComedy
Career-thief hides from the police by joining a convent.
Me he de comer esa tunaMe he de comer esa tuna · 1945
Me he de comer esa tuna
★ 6.21945
Movie
In rural Mexico, a young man competes with his best school friend for the love of a girl whose marriage has been arranged by her parents.
The BeesThe Bees · 1978
The Bees
★ 4.71978
MovieThrillerHorror
Corporate smuggling of South American killer bees into the United States results in huge swarms terrorizing the northern hemisphere. A small team of scientists work desperately to destroy the threat, but the bees soon mutate into a super-intelligent species that threatens the world.

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