Acting
Alberto de Mendoza
Born January 21, 1923 · Buenos Aires, Argentina
Died December 12, 2011 · aged 88
Alberto Manuel Rodríguez-Gallego González de Mendoza was an Argentine film actor who appeared in 114 films between 1930 and 2005, spanning eight decades. A lifelong figure in Argentine films, De Mendoza appeared in film such as Adán y la serpiente in 1946 and A hierro muere in 1962 often working alongside Olga Zubarry. In the late 1960s and 1970 he appeared in a number of spaghetti Westerns. and …
Known For
Tapas · 2006Tapas
★ 5.82006
MovieComedyDrama
The film centers on a Spanish tapas bar and the love lives of the loosely interconnected people in the neighborhood surrounding the bar. The pairs of lovers include a middle aged woman and a young man; an elderly, drug dealing woman and her terminally ill husband in poor health; the tapas bar owner and his estranged wife; and two Chinese immigrants.
The Adventures of Scaramouche · 1963The Adventures of Scaramouche
★ 5.91963
MovieAdventure
Robert Lafleur (Scaramouche) is an actor in 18th century France who spends most of his time, including when he should be on stage, light-heartedly having love affairs and generally enjoying life. One day, a marquis visits him and asks him questions about the birth mark on his shoulder...
And Then There Were None · 1974And Then There Were None
★ 5.71974
MovieCrimeDrama
Ten people are invited to a hotel in the Iranian desert, only to find that an unseen person is killing them one by one. Could one of them be the killer?
La adúltera · 1956La adúltera
★ 6.01956
MovieDramaCrime
Jilted lover takes revenge on her ex's new wife.
Avisa a Curro Jiménez · 1978Avisa a Curro Jiménez
★ 5.81978
MovieDramaAdventure
Córdoba, Spain. Lord Killarney, representative of the British Museum, acquires an Arabic incunabulum at an auction; but he is murdered and the book disappears. All suspicions fall on El Lince, an antique dealer with a shady background, who asks his nephew to warn Curro Jiménez.
The Boss · 1958The Boss
★ 6.21958
MovieCrimeDrama
The head of a criminal gang has all the power among his men until one decides to testify against him.
Delusions of Grandeur · 1971Delusions of Grandeur
★ 7.41971
MovieComedyHistory
Don Sallust is the minister of the King of Spain. Being disingenuous, hypocritical, greedy and collecting the taxes for himself, he is hated by the people he oppresses. Accused by The Queen, a beautiful princess Bavarian, of having an illegitimate child to one of her maids of honor, he was stripped of his duties and ordered to retire to a monastery.
Horror Express · 1972Horror Express
★ 6.31972
MovieHorror
Mysterious and unearthly deaths start to occur while Professor Saxton is transporting the frozen remains of a primitive humanoid creature he found in Manchuria back to Europe.
Movies
Tapas · 2006Tapas
★ 5.82006
MovieComedyDrama
The film centers on a Spanish tapas bar and the love lives of the loosely interconnected people in the neighborhood surrounding the bar. The pairs of lovers include a middle aged woman and a young man; an elderly, drug dealing woman and her terminally ill husband in poor health; the tapas bar owner and his estranged wife; and two Chinese immigrants.
The Adventures of Scaramouche · 1963The Adventures of Scaramouche
★ 5.91963
MovieAdventure
Robert Lafleur (Scaramouche) is an actor in 18th century France who spends most of his time, including when he should be on stage, light-heartedly having love affairs and generally enjoying life. One day, a marquis visits him and asks him questions about the birth mark on his shoulder...
And Then There Were None · 1974And Then There Were None
★ 5.71974
MovieCrimeDrama
Ten people are invited to a hotel in the Iranian desert, only to find that an unseen person is killing them one by one. Could one of them be the killer?
La adúltera · 1956La adúltera
★ 6.01956
MovieDramaCrime
Jilted lover takes revenge on her ex's new wife.
Avisa a Curro Jiménez · 1978Avisa a Curro Jiménez
★ 5.81978
MovieDramaAdventure
Córdoba, Spain. Lord Killarney, representative of the British Museum, acquires an Arabic incunabulum at an auction; but he is murdered and the book disappears. All suspicions fall on El Lince, an antique dealer with a shady background, who asks his nephew to warn Curro Jiménez.
The Boss · 1958The Boss
★ 6.21958
MovieCrimeDrama
The head of a criminal gang has all the power among his men until one decides to testify against him.
Delusions of Grandeur · 1971Delusions of Grandeur
★ 7.41971
MovieComedyHistory
Don Sallust is the minister of the King of Spain. Being disingenuous, hypocritical, greedy and collecting the taxes for himself, he is hated by the people he oppresses. Accused by The Queen, a beautiful princess Bavarian, of having an illegitimate child to one of her maids of honor, he was stripped of his duties and ordered to retire to a monastery.
Horror Express · 1972Horror Express
★ 6.31972
MovieHorror
Mysterious and unearthly deaths start to occur while Professor Saxton is transporting the frozen remains of a primitive humanoid creature he found in Manchuria back to Europe.
Psychout for Murder · 1969Psychout for Murder
★ 6.21969
MovieDramaThriller
Mario consigns his girlfriend Licia to a whorehouse for an evening in order to get the photographic goods to blackmail her father with. To get her out of the way, Licia is then consigned to a mental hospital by her father.
La cuna vacía · 1949La cuna vacía
★ 7.01949
MovieDrama
The film begins with some sequences related to the youth of Dr. Ricardo Gutiérrez, his arrival in Buenos Aires from his native Arrecifes, his law studies and a double frustration, as a writer and in his crush on a young woman who loved another man.
La noche de Venus · 1955La noche de Venus
★ 9.01955
MovieDrama
A woman will do everything to achieve fame, using her physique and her feminine cunning to achieve it.
Pasó en mi barrio · 1951Pasó en mi barrio
★ 10.01951
MovieDrama
An italian man is unfairly imprisoned and his wife must work to maintain the family.
Los tigres de la memoria · 1984Los tigres de la memoria
★ 8.01984
MovieDrama
Looking for news of his ex-guerrilla sons, a man agrees to collaborate with his restaurant in a network of drug dealers.
Descent Into Hell · 1954Descent Into Hell
★ 8.01954
MovieDrama
For ambition a woman sacrifices her true love and marries a man of fortune.
The Strange Vice of Mrs Wardh · 1971The Strange Vice of Mrs Wardh
★ 6.81971
MovieHorrorMystery
When socialite and heiress Julie Wardh begins receiving blackmail letters attributed to a mysterious serial killer, she suspects her cruel and sadistic former lover Jean is behind them. With her husband Neil frequently out of town, she falls into the arms of her friend's cousin George, and as the unknown assassin begins to make his move, she fears that one of the three men in her life may be the killer.
One on Top of the Other · 1969One on Top of the Other
★ 6.41969
MovieMysteryThriller
A San Francisco doctor encounters a prostitute who bears a striking resemblance to his late wife.
Madre Alegría · 1950Madre Alegría
★ 10.01950
Movie
The mother superior of a convent raises an abandoned girl and after twenty years the repentant biological mother returns.
A Lizard in a Woman's Skin · 1971A Lizard in a Woman's Skin
★ 6.51971
MovieHorrorThriller
Carol Hammond, daughter of a politician, has vivid nightmares involving sex orgies and LSD. In a dream, she murders a neighbor she envies and wakes up to a real investigation into her neighbor's murder.
Filomena Marturano · 1950Filomena Marturano
★ 8.31950
MovieDrama
Filomena, a former prostitute in her 40s, tricks a wealthy shopkeeper to marry her and support her three children.
De profesión, sus labores · 1970De profesión, sus labores
★ 3.01970
MovieComedy
While Ana and Juan are a happy couple, and satisfied with their eight years of married life, María José and Federico, their best friends, have not achieved the desired balance in their marriage. Ana and Juan's happiness makes their friends nervous. María José and Clara, Ana's "good" friends, will try by all means to make Ana believe that her husband is capable of cheating on her if the opportunity arises.
Inspiración · 1946Inspiración
★ 10.01946
MovieDrama
Film about the biography of the musician Franz Schubert.
The Underground Man · 1981The Underground Man
★ 5.81981
MovieDrama
Set in 1930, a tormented man and his butler live in an old house in Adrogué, where pornographic films are filmed in the basement following the grandfather’s testament.
El retrato · 1947El retrato
★ 6.91947
MovieComedyRomance
A repressed woman, unable to give love, is possessed by the spirit of her lewd grandmother.
El infierno tan temido · 1980El infierno tan temido
★ 6.41980
MovieDrama
A journalist begins to receive envelopes containing erotic pictures, which he connects to a relationship he once had with an actress.
TV Shows
Curro Jiménez · 1976Curro Jiménez
★ 7.31976
SeriesComedy
Curro Jiménez was a successful Spanish TV series that aired on TVE1 from 22 December 1976 to 1979. Its main theme was Andalusian "bandolerismo" in the 19th century, located in the Ronda mountains. The main characters were four bandits, Curro Jiménez
Los camioneros · 1973Los camioneros
★ 6.51973
SeriesComedyDrama