Acting

Ricardo Carti

Born 1888-04-03 · Puebla, Puebla, Mexico

Acting credits

El ladrón poster
6.7

Bank employee is tempted to make use of banknotes scheduled for destruction.

El ladrón

1947

Shadow of Pancho Villa poster
6.0

A 1933 film.

Shadow of Pancho Villa

1933

Abismos poster
6.3

No synopsis available yet.

Abismos

1931

No artwork available
6.3

A 1933 film.

La calandria

1933

Santa poster
5.6

Santa is a beautiful and very humble young girl living in Chimalistac, a small and quiet spot south of the 1930's Mexico City. After Santa is cheated by arrogant soldier Marcelino, she's rejected by her family and friends and expelled of Chimalistac. Santa finds shelter in a whorehouse and becomes a cinic and bitter woman, mistreated by bullfighter "Jarameno" and silently loved by blind pianist Hipólito.

Santa

1932

Prisoner 13 poster
6.7

Colonel Carrasco's wife Marta leaves him taking his young son. The child, Juan, grows into an admirable and well-mannered young man. Having been promoted to a higher rank of power amidst the Mexican Revolution, the indulgent and corrupt Colonel accepts a bribe to free a revolutionary, Felipe Martinez, from his prison. Martinez has been sentenced to execution at the hands of a firing squad. Carrasco asks to have the revolutionary replaced by absolutely anyone. In a twist of fate, that anyone turns out to be his own long lost son Juan. Upon receiving this news, Marta races to the prison and explains the predicament to Carrasco. He subsequently desperately attempts to prevent the gunning down of his son by his very own government officials.

Prisoner 13

1933

Revolt of the Ghosts poster
6.0

When an old house is about to be demolished to make room for a new radio station the famous ghosts which resides in the house start a revolt to alter the decision.

Revolt of the Ghosts

1949

Murallas de pasión poster
6.7

A love triangle of which the beach and the sea will witness.

Murallas de pasión

1944

In the Shadow of the Bridge poster
6.0

In this Mexican version of Winterset (inspired by the 20s Sacco Vanzetti case) an idealistic youth searches for the culprit behind a crime that his father was wrongly accused of several years before.

In the Shadow of the Bridge

1948

Ángel o demonio poster
6.0

Wealthy young gentleman falls in love with a cabaret girl of no breeding; he overcomes his prejudices and accepts her in spite of her past... will she live up to his expectations of her?

Ángel o demonio

1947

La reina de la opereta poster
6.8

Mario marries Blanca, the queen of operetta, but after their daughter is born, they separate and she leaves on a world tour to continue her artistic career. Meanwhile, he stays behind and waits with the baby until they reunite again.

La reina de la opereta

1946

El compadre Mendoza poster
6.7

In the midst of the Mexican Revolution, the landowner Mendoza manages to get along with both the government and the revolutionary group. For the former, he is a supporter of Huerta. For the latter, he is a Zapata supporter. Depending on the political preference of whoever visits him at his hacienda, he has portraits of Huerta or Zapata put up, and organizes a party in honor of his visitors. However, time goes by and the situation becomes untenable. For whom will he take sides?

El compadre Mendoza

1934

Lo que el viento trajo poster
5.2

A 1941 film.

Lo que el viento trajo

1941

Those Were The Days, Senor Don Simon! poster
6.8

A not very grief stricken young widow flutters her hand fan between a dashing young soldier and an elderly politician in this Belle Epoque era musical comedy.

Those Were The Days, Senor Don Simon!

1941

The Prodigious Barber poster
6.0

Benedito the barber, mocked by everyone in the village, lathers the head of a blind customer just as the man regains his sight. Benedito becomes a celebrity, and everyone seeks his services.

The Prodigious Barber

1942

Cita con la muerte poster
6.0

A physician launches his own investigation into a gang of opium traffickers, while a mother who lost her son to the drug vows revenge against those who led him into that world.

Cita con la muerte

1949

Más fuerte que el deber poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

Más fuerte que el deber

1931

¡Mexicanos al Grito de Guerra! poster
6.0

In times of the French Intervention, a student of Nunó, author of the Mexican National Anthem, falls in love with the niece of the French Ambassador, which causes quite amusing complications.

¡Mexicanos al Grito de Guerra!

1943

The Black Ace poster
5.8

Lieutenant Palomino of the police must recover some important documents containing the formula for the antidote to a serious disease. With the help of the magician Fu-Man-Chu, they embark on an adventure filled with suspense, intrigue, and deception.

The Black Ace

1944

Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz poster
5.7

A biopic that narrates the life of the novohispanic poetess.

Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz

1935