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Alejandro Verbitzky

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Known For

El retratoEl retrato · 1947
El retrato
★ 6.91947
MovieComedyRomance
A repressed woman, unable to give love, is possessed by the spirit of her lewd grandmother.
Oh Pain, Little Pain, Pain!Oh Pain, Little Pain, Pain! · 1953
Oh Pain, Little Pain, Pain!
★ 5.51953
MovieComedy
Carmela is a Gypsy singer who sells lottery tickets. She meets two penniless Mexican brothers and they buy a ticket between the three: if it is awarded, could share the prize and go to Mexico, they to return to their homeland and her for bullfighter boyfriend whom has no news. The fate accompanies them, but, on reaching Mexico, her boyfriend rejects her. This way, she ends up acting in a cafe where reaps many successes.
María de los ÁngelesMaría de los Ángeles · 1948
María de los Ángeles
★ 7.01948
MovieDramaRomance
Set in 1825, the romance between a Creole woman and a Spaniard, during the Argentine War of Independence.
Don FulgencioDon Fulgencio · 1950
Don Fulgencio
★ 7.01950
MovieComedy
The adventures of the man who had no childhood, smart for business, but a lover of innocent jokes.
La carabaLa caraba · 1948
La caraba
★ 10.01948
MovieComedy
A mythomaniac woman rejects her humble status and falls in the trap of a wealthy lawyer.
3 citas con el destino3 citas con el destino · 1954
3 citas con el destino
★ 6.21954
MovieCrimeThriller
The story unfolds through the twists and turns of a strange curse attributed to a jewel that, passed from hand to hand, carries a deadly destiny. Its theme spans the three countries where it was filmed (Spain, Mexico, and Argentina), beginning in Spain and then moving to Mexico. The jewel, which takes on the character of another figure in the narrative as it travels through different parts of the world, arrives in Buenos Aires. The film ultimately presents the jewel's final destination in Mexico, where its owner dies, like others who were also marked by its malevolent influence.
Los expatriadosLos expatriados · 1963
Los expatriados
★ 6.51963
MovieComedyDrama
The film, which is an ode to Rafael Hernández's song "Lamento borincano", is a social commentary of the political and social policies of the 40's and 50's which led to the abandonment of what was seen by many as the "pure", "virtuous" life of the finca (farm) for the "corrupting" influence of urban centers like San Juan and New York City.
La vendedora de fantasíasLa vendedora de fantasías · 1950
La vendedora de fantasías
★ 8.01950
MovieComedy
A store clerk, a detective, the robbery of a necklace and a murder.

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Dios los críaDios los cría · 1953
Dios los cría
★ 6.01953
MovieComedy
Mrs. Nínive Cánovas Cannesi (Marshall) comes back from a long tour visiting Europe and not even realizes that her house is being inhabited by two jobless and homeless bandits (Tin Tán and Tun Tún) with master keys who had been living there worry free. They all share the house for a period of time, unknowingly to each other, in a series of well crafted and perfectly timed scenes where Catita and Tin Tán can be in the same room without seeing each other... When Tin Tán notices her presence, poses as the help, intercepting the real employees and sending to the north pole, literally. So now that Catita has them at her service, she can take time for her real goal, the foundation of a House for old people so they can live happy until the day they die, but Tin Tán and Tun Tún keep getting in her way and complicating everything...

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