Carlos Schlieper

Directing

Carlos Schlieper

Born — Died

1902-09-22 — 1957-04-11

Place of birth

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Known for

Directing

Credits

40 titles

Carlos Schlieper (1902–1957) was an Argentine film director and screenwriter of the classic era. He directed some 30 films between 1939 and 1957, writing for over 20 of them. He was particularly noted for his romantic comedies in 1940s and 1950s.

Known for

Behind the camera

El retrato poster
6.9

A repressed woman, unable to give love, is possessed by the spirit of her lewd grandmother.

El retrato

1947

Fascination poster
6.5

The wife of a hypnotist lives in a state of uncertainty over whether she's with her husband out of love or if she's been a victim of his influence.

Fascination

1949

Detective poster
NR

To preserve the happiness of his home, a detective transforms himself into different characters: a brave mexican, a French compliment, a tough German and a smiling lady.

Detective

1954

My Husband and My Boyfriend poster
6.5

When a woman finds out that her husband is being unfaithful to her, she decides to give him a dose of his own medicine, making him jealous with another suitor.

My Husband and My Boyfriend

1955

My Husband and My Boyfriend poster
6.5

When a woman finds out that her husband is being unfaithful to her, she decides to give him a dose of his own medicine, making him jealous with another suitor.

My Husband and My Boyfriend

1955

Madame Bovary poster
6.1

Paris, 1857. While on trial for moral outrage, French writer G. Flaubert tells the court and the audience the true story of the heroine of his novel Madame Bovary, a sensitive but capricious woman whose desperate efforts to overcome the bourgeois conventions of a dull, provincial life led her family first to ruin and disrepute and finally to the abyss of tragedy.

Madame Bovary

1947

If I Were Rich poster
6.2

A screwball comedy about a young barrio songstress and pickpocket who, while escaping after nicking a woman's wallet, is hired to model for an agency. There she discovers a new world when she mixes with the rich and finds love among them.

If I Were Rich

1941

Las tres ratas poster
7.1

Three sisters become orphans. The eldest one will undertake the protection of the rest which involves a very hard task . Eventually, she will have to resign to her happiness.

Las tres ratas

1946

Mi mujer está loca poster
10.0

Due to something very strange, a woman transforms from a housewife into a vedette.

Mi mujer está loca

1952

Mi mujer está loca poster
10.0

Due to something very strange, a woman transforms from a housewife into a vedette.

Mi mujer está loca

1952

Esposa último modelo poster
6.8

When a young woman who knows nothing about housework falls in love, her grandmother and nanny make her seem like the ideal housewife in front of her boyfriend.

Esposa último modelo

1950

Esposa último modelo poster
6.8

When a young woman who knows nothing about housework falls in love, her grandmother and nanny make her seem like the ideal housewife in front of her boyfriend.

Esposa último modelo

1950

Trees Die Standing poster
7.3

For over twenty years, an elderly man convinces his wife that their long-lost criminal grandson has changed his ways to become a successful professional and loving husband. When he learns of his grandson’s death, he decides to keep yet another secret and arranges for a false couple to pose as their exiled grandson and his wife. As the couple enters, uncertainties arise. Will they be able to convince her?

Trees Die Standing

1951

No artwork available
9.0

A man feels abandoned because his wife is too busy with her incredible success as a lawyer. Because of this, he ends up falling into infidelity and showing certain contradictions in his wife.

Feminine Wiles

1951

No artwork available
9.0

A man feels abandoned because his wife is too busy with her incredible success as a lawyer. Because of this, he ends up falling into infidelity and showing certain contradictions in his wife.

Feminine Wiles

1951

Requiebro poster
8.2

A rancher fleeing from marriage is conquered by a Spanish singer.

Requiebro

1955

Date in the Stars poster
6.8

A couple splits up and gets married to other people. After the man dies, the woman becomes delirious and thinks she's found him again in heaven.

Date in the Stars

1949

Los ojos llenos de amor poster
7.1

An extra breaks into the department of a movie star to seduce him.

Los ojos llenos de amor

1954

La honra de los hombres poster
7.0

In a fishing village a young woman carries the guilt of her married sister, passing through the mother of her son.

La honra de los hombres

1946

When My Husband Kisses poster
7.7

A high society woman discovers a fiery romantic letter in a raincoat pocket seemingly written by a rumba dancer to the woman’s doctor husband. He tries to cover by saying that the letter is addressed to a more conservative friend of his, leading to rumours of his friend’s (supposed) incredible passion becoming intriguing to the local women, even the Doctor’s own jealous wife.

When My Husband Kisses

1950

When My Husband Kisses poster
7.7

A high society woman discovers a fiery romantic letter in a raincoat pocket seemingly written by a rumba dancer to the woman’s doctor husband. He tries to cover by saying that the letter is addressed to a more conservative friend of his, leading to rumours of his friend’s (supposed) incredible passion becoming intriguing to the local women, even the Doctor’s own jealous wife.

When My Husband Kisses

1950

The Mysterious Uncle Silas poster
7.0

A woman tries to run away when she finds out that her nephews plan to kill her.

The Mysterious Uncle Silas

1947

The House Is Empty poster
5.7

This beautiful, atmospheric Chilean movie (made by an Argentinian director) was unfortunately "cannibalized" by Jerry Warren, who kept about a third of the original footage, together with another third of "La dama de la muerte" (another superb Chilean movie of the same period, made by Argentinian director Carlos Hugo Christensen), then added his own senseless "additional sequences" with John Carradine and Katherine Victor, the final result being the atrocious CURSE OF THE STONE HAND.

The House Is Empty

1945

Bruma en el Riachuelo poster
9.0

A girl leaves her home after the man who left her with a daughter and a young man who falls in love with her protects her from him.

Bruma en el Riachuelo

1942

Bruma en el Riachuelo poster
9.0

A girl leaves her home after the man who left her with a daughter and a young man who falls in love with her protects her from him.

Bruma en el Riachuelo

1942

Alejandra poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Alejandra

1956

Las campanas de Teresa poster
6.0

A provincial girl who sells pots tries to obtain the bells that the church of her people needs.

Las campanas de Teresa

1957

Las campanas de Teresa poster
6.0

A provincial girl who sells pots tries to obtain the bells that the church of her people needs.

Las campanas de Teresa

1957

Curse of the Stone Hand poster
2.9

Hands sculpted in stone, hidden in the niches of an ancient house, are regarded as sources of a curse by the present inhabitant, a country gambling addict. Indeed, he goes to an early grave after experiencing bankruptcy. The house passes to another family, one of whose sons becomes obsessed with the hands. (A cross-editing of principal material from two Chilean films, LA CASA ESTA VACIA and LA DAMA DE LA MUERTE, with the addition of new American-made footage, to create a single story.)

Curse of the Stone Hand

1965

The Armchair and the Grand Duchess poster
7.1

A Russian duke who's fallen on hard times tries to recover a stash of jewels hidden inside an armchair, but the chair gets sold at auction to a millionairess and he's forced to marry her in order to retrieve the treasure.

The Armchair and the Grand Duchess

1943

The Armchair and the Grand Duchess poster
7.1

A Russian duke who's fallen on hard times tries to recover a stash of jewels hidden inside an armchair, but the chair gets sold at auction to a millionairess and he's forced to marry her in order to retrieve the treasure.

The Armchair and the Grand Duchess

1943

The Unhappiest Man in Town poster
8.0

A shy man marries the daughter of a local warlord, works as a municipal chief of staff, witnesses numerous injustices and rebels himself.

The Unhappiest Man in Town

1941

Por ellos... todo poster
9.0

Aging father watches his adult children grow into independence and leave the roost.

Por ellos... todo

1948

Mañana me suicido poster
8.0

To get the love of a famous singer, a representative threatens to commit suicide if she does not marry him, pressed by guilt she agrees without suspecting that her new husband has too many unspeakable secrets.

Mañana me suicido

1942

Mañana me suicido poster
8.0

To get the love of a famous singer, a representative threatens to commit suicide if she does not marry him, pressed by guilt she agrees without suspecting that her new husband has too many unspeakable secrets.

Mañana me suicido

1942

No artwork available
NR

A wife tries to win back her husband's interest, as their marriage is seriously threatened by the arrival of her best friend and schoolmate in Venezuela.

Una madeja de lana azul celeste

1955

The Honorable Tenant poster
NR

A professional thief rents a room in the house of a downtrodden lady to observe the bank he will assault.

The Honorable Tenant

1951

The Honorable Tenant poster
NR

A professional thief rents a room in the house of a downtrodden lady to observe the bank he will assault.

The Honorable Tenant

1951

El deseo poster
9.5

While her husband is abroad, Luisa receives a visit from an old love, her cousin, who becomes a "dangerous attraction". Her husband's stay abroad is prolonged and her loneliness overwhelms her and her attraction to her cousin increases.

El deseo

1944

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Calle Libertad

1939