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Mauricio de la Serna

Born November 26, 1902

Died March 19, 1986 · aged 83

Mauricio de la Serna (26 November 1902 – 19 March 1986; sometimes reported as 20 March 1986) was a Mexican film director, screenwriter, and producer active in cinema from 1938 to 1979. From 1950 he resumed credited story work and expanded into screenplay writing; his first credited screenplay is commonly identified as a 1951 film directed by Julio Bracho, and one of his story credits served as th…

Known For

The Proud and the BeautifulThe Proud and the Beautiful · 1953
The Proud and the Beautiful
★ 6.71953
MovieDrama
Life in a small Mexican village where joy and misery, hope and pain, passion and guilt, love and decay, life and death are mixed in the peasants life and two French citizens who end up stranded in there, during a typhoid epidemic.
The OtherThe Other · 1946
The Other
★ 6.91946
MovieDramaThriller
A mousy, poor manicurist seeks to switch places with her more glamorous, wealthy twin sister.
Illusion Travels by StreetcarIllusion Travels by Streetcar · 1954
Illusion Travels by Streetcar
★ 6.51954
MovieComedyDrama
Confronted with the unfortunate news that their favorite Streetcar, no. 133, is going to be decommissioned, two Municipal Transit workers get drunk and decide to "take 'er for one last spin," as it were. Unfortunately, the "one last spin" ends up being an all-night and all-day scramble to stay out of trouble, as they are confronted with situation after sometimes bizarre situation that prevents them from returning the "borrowed" Streetcar!
TwilightTwilight · 1945
Twilight
★ 6.01945
MovieRomanceDrama
Doctor Alejandro Mangino falls in love with Lucía just before he goes on a round-the-world trip. Pining for her all the while, he returns to find that she’s married his best friend.
Stolen HeavenStolen Heaven · 1951
Stolen Heaven
★ 6.51951
MovieThrillerMystery
A young woman loses her mind when she finds out that her uncle and his boyfriend met in a train accident.
The Night of the MayansThe Night of the Mayans · 1939
The Night of the Mayans
★ 6.31939
MovieRomanceDrama
A white man seduces a local girl in an isolated Mayan village, which makes gods unhappy.
El derecho a la vidaEl derecho a la vida · 1959
El derecho a la vida
★ 6.71959
Movie
Four interlocking stories about pregnancy all intersecting in an obstetrician's office.
Las cinco noches de AdánLas cinco noches de Adán · 1942
Las cinco noches de Adán
★ 5.81942
MovieComedyMusic
Globe-hopping playboy bachelor is getting on in years, so he invites his five international children to come live with him.

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