Ismael Rodríguez Trailers
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Ismael Rodríguez Ruelas (October 19, 1917 – August 7, 2004) was an acclaimed Mexican film director. Rodríguez directed many major stars, including Pedro Infante, Dolores del Río, María Félix, and even Toshiro Mifune, the favorite actor of Japanese director Akira Kurosawa, as a Mexican Indian in the film Ánimas Trujano (1961). This film was nominated for an Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film.
Rodríguez's most renowned international film is Tizoc, in which Pedro Infante-who starred alongside Maria Felix -received a Golden Globe nomination for best actor. For this role, Infante won the Silver Bear for Best Actor at the 7th Berlin International Film Festival. Pedro Infante died in a plane crash. on April 15, 1957, before receiving the award. When Ismael Rodriguez asked Pedro's mother to keep the Silver Bear, she refused to accept it. Instead she told Rodriguez that because He had "made" Pedro Infante, deserved to keep the statue. He humbly did. Rodriguez, not only worked with the best of Mexican and international actors, he made some of the most memorable movies of the time.
A brilliant writer/director.
Most Popular Ismael Rodríguez Trailers
Total trailers found: 84
01 January 1999
3 real life stories taken from the Mexican police archive.
05 August 1948
This is the story of three brothers - a priest, a soldier, and an outlaw - that are raised separately by their godfathers once their mother dies.
22 January 1953
A young man goes to the capital to prove himself as an opera singer, after being rejected he must fie
14 July 1958
The third and final chapter of director Ismael Rodríguez's series about Pancho Villa. Several stories about the life and death of the famous mexican revolutionary general.
07 November 1968
Satan offers a weary ghost a chance for redemption through true love.
03 November 1961
Animas Trujano is a colorful but irresponsible Indian in a small Mexican village. He hopes above all things someday to be chosen mayordomio of his village, a place of great honor usually conferred upon the wealthiest and most respected citizens.
01 December 1958
The second chapter of director Ismael Rodríguez's series about Pancho Villa. Several stories about the life and death of the famous mexican revolutionary general.
15 August 1947
Ruled by a tough grandma, the Garcías are three charro cousins who fall in love with young American-born Lupita and fight for her love until grandma quiets them.
22 November 1980
An undercover policewoman tracks seven escaped convicts to the deserted island where they've set up a camp.
29 January 1970
A family in extreme poverty is forced to make a series of sacrifices in order to survive.
17 August 1989
Gold-digger conspires with gal-pal to snag herself a rich husband.
23 October 1957
An Indian arouses envy for his expertise in hunting animals without ruining their skins, for his wisdom and his kindness.
07 October 1987
The Chemos and the Pachecos are two gangs whose adventures are witnessed by the doctor, the assistant and the social worker of a clinic where they know of the young men's problems.
22 December 1988
Rich and misogynistic Fabián is determined to seduce married women, whom he literally undresses with his eyes due to a strange obsession.
03 September 1982
(AKA: Ratero 2 or Cada quien su madre.) Innocent man forced to hide from the police, ends up taking refuge in a brothel.
25 March 1948
Carpenter Pepe El Toro lives peacefully with his daughter Chachita in an impoverished Mexico City neighborhood.
05 October 1961
Northern Mexico, early 20th century. Reynaldo del Hierro is murdered while riding with his sons Reynaldo and Martín, whose mother instills in them the need for revenge.
08 May 1998
Four raw stories about justice and law.
05 October 1963
A deaf and mute vagabond finds a large denomination bill in a Mexico City dump, and while he tries to buy something with it, others try to con him into giving it away.
19 May 1937
No te engañes corazón (released in English as Don't Fool Yourself Dear) is the first full-feature film of Cantinflas after becoming a star of the carpa circuit (folk theater).
21 August 1953
The simple life and the values of loyalty and solidarity of the poor people in the environment of professional boxing, is the plot of this film, where Pepe el Toro shows the effort and tragedies that are experienced in this profession.
19 October 1955
Rich family's maid thinks that maybe if she plays her cards right, she can land a moneybags husband. There's also a really cute auto mechanic, though, and.
11 October 2022
In Becoming Frederick Douglass, acclaimed director Stanley Nelson and co-director Nicole London bring to life the story of an American icon.
19 September 1997
The human and divine justice are exposed through five real life stories related to the legal processes of a prison.
05 November 1953
Jorge Bueno and Pedro Malo are best friends who consider giving up their womanizing ways when they each fall in love.
01 February 1979
Solovino is called like that because no one knows where he came from. He is a miserable province man trying to improve his life, but sees himself forced to steal to survive.
31 December 1948
Pepe el Toro is married to Celia la Chorreada and they have two children.
25 September 1969
A movie divided in two segments, the first "La puerta" (The Door) is about a high society gathering in which a door inside the mansion leads to a bizarre corridor where a naked and menacing human figure appears.
12 November 1959
The Mexican Revolution serves as a backdrop to a torrid love triangle composed of three freedom fighters: a colonel, a widow, and a fiery female soldier.
18 April 1942
Globe-hopping playboy bachelor is getting on in years, so he invites his five international children to come live with him.
22 January 1941
Three boys grow up to be a priest, a military commander and the town mayor.
24 December 1949
The Trevino family tries to overcome the irresponsible behavior of Don Cruz, an erratic father with numerous defects that contrast with his son Silvano, a young kid man that is incapable of passing judgment on his own father.
30 March 1932
Santa is a beautiful and very humble young girl living in Chimalistac, a small and quiet spot south of the 1930's Mexico City.
06 October 1964
A South American expedition is in search of fortune thought to be hidden in an Lost Aztec city. While trudging through the jungles the main character in the story becomes detached from the group.
01 January 1957
The disembodied head of Pancho Villa, kept in a glass jar in a research institute, is the narrator of several short stories from his own life, stories that might or might not have happened but are the stuff of legend.
18 May 1977
A group of effeminate young adventurers rescue a kidnapped teen.
18 October 2000
Mimí Derba is a documentary about one of the pioneers in acting and film production in México. In 1917, along with photographer Enrique Rosas, she founded one of the first film production companies: Azteca Films.
18 April 2014
For 20 years, every April 15 was recorded what happened at the tomb of Pedro Infante when fans will commemorate the day of his death.
01 August 1956
An American cowboy living in Mexico discovers his cattle is being eaten by a giant prehistoric dinosaur.
13 September 1950
The life of the musician Juventino Rosas, who despite his talent lived an existence of misfortune and poverty.
26 April 1940
Card-sharks blackmail a dissolute young man into participating in a big robbery; his brother takes the rap for him.
17 March 1965
Not realizing the dangers he is facing, Young Dieter will do anything to get his ball back after it r
21 December 1951
Tin Tan just won the lottery and wants to donate it to an orphanage. Sataela and Riverita want to keep the money for themselves.
15 August 1947
Ruled by a tough grandma, the Garcías are three charro cousins who fall in love with young American-born Lupita and fight for her love until grandma quiets them.
01 December 1944
The story of the adventures and entanglements of the son of a famous film producer who is forced to study law.
13 July 1972
Tizoc wishes to eat a chicken by himself and have his own piñata. At Christmas his father Carmelo grants his wish.
11 August 1954
Orphaned by a father and children by a black mother, the little one is rejected by his grandmother, while the girl must deny her own mother.
20 December 1951
This musical comedy tells the story of two men whose friendship (whose beginning is told in "A toda máquina") is affected by assumptions love triangles and misunderstandings between the two, however, the value of that friendship overcomes all difficulties.
05 October 1956
Daniel Boone leads settlers into Kentucky, but must battle Shawnee Indians who have been persuaded by a French renegade that Boone and the settlers are there to kill them and steal their land.
28 February 1954
A humble provincial writer who wants to publish his first book offers it to a film producer who is looking for locations for a film at that time.
28 November 1963
The life of Pedro Infante, with scenes from his best films and the chaos that his tragic death caused in the public.
13 July 1951
The encounter with an old lover puts a revolutionary general in great danger of death.
08 January 1947
A farmer is in love during revolutionary times.
01 January 1994
A group of punk chicks living in the sleazy streets of Mexico City. They mess around with a Santa Claus, listen to bands play live, rob people and even kill them.
13 September 1951
A drifter lands a job as an officer in México City's elite motorcycle police unit and gets home with a mate of this unit.
