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Zacarías Gómez Urquiza

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Zacarías Gómez Urquiza

Born November 5, 1905 · Mexico City, Mexico

Died September 10, 1982 · aged 76

Zacarías Gómez Urquiza was a Mexican film director, screenwriter, and assistant director whose career spanned more than three decades during the Golden Age and later years of Mexican cinema. After beginning as a script supervisor and assistant director in the early 1940s, he made his directorial debut in 1950 and went on to direct 40 films across a wide range of genres, including crime, melodrama,…

Known For

Wild WindWild Wind · 1974
Wild Wind
★ 4.01974
MovieDramaWestern
Bandits rob a church and kidnap Maria, although the priest manages to accidentally kill one of them.
CumbiaCumbia · 1973
Cumbia
★ 6.01973
MovieMusic
The story revolves around Evaristo who¸ accompanied by his drum¸ dreams of becoming a great figure and imposing his music on the whole world. Evaristo composes cumbias and more cumbias on his ranch and then in jail¸ where adverse situations take him. Meanwhile his delusions begin to come true¸ and without knowing it¸ his name and rhythm become famous.
The FugitiveThe Fugitive · 1947
The Fugitive
★ 6.01947
MovieDrama
Anti-Catholic and anti-cleric policies in the Mexican state of Tabasco lead the revolutionary government to persecute the state's last remaining priest.
El plagiarioEl plagiario · 1955
El plagiario
★ 5.71955
Movie
Gangster's daughter learns about her dad's illegalist lifestyle.
EnamoradaEnamorada · 1946
Enamorada
★ 7.81946
MovieDramaRomance
In Mexican Revolution times, a guerrilla general and his troops take the conservative town of Cholula, near by Mexico City. As the revolutionaries mistreat the town's riches, General Reyes falls for beautiful and wild Beatriz Peñafiel, the daughter of one of the town's richest men.
Yo fui novio de Rosita AlvírezYo fui novio de Rosita Alvírez · 1955
Yo fui novio de Rosita Alvírez
★ 4.21955
Movie
Saloon singer creates conflict between several potential boyfriends.
The Revenge of the ShadowThe Revenge of the Shadow · 1962
The Revenge of the Shadow
★ 5.41962
Movie
A shadowy adversary emerges, forcing The Scarlet Fox into a dangerous game of wits, swords, and courage in this action-packed adventure.
El puente del castigoEl puente del castigo · 1946
El puente del castigo
★ 6.01946
MovieDrama
In a Mexican village during XIX century, word spread of a curse. Old José tells Carmen about the curse surrounding the Bridge of Punishment, said to affect anyone who wishes for another person’s death.

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