Miguel Zacarías

Directing

Miguel Zacarías

Born — Died

1905-03-19 — 2006-04-20

Place of birth

Mexico City, Mexico

Known for

Directing

Credits

40 titles

Zacarías began directing for film in 1933. Even from his early career he developed a reputation for recognizing new acting talent and founded the careers of the some of Mexico's most notable actors including Pedro Armendáriz in Rosario (1935), María Félix, Marga López, Esther Fernández, and Manuel Medel. His 1961 film Juana Gallo was entered into the 2nd Moscow International Film Festival. Zacarías directed his last film in 1986. He died at the age of 101 on April 20, 2006.

Known for

Behind the camera

La marquesa del barrio poster
6.0

Rich widow recovers from a thirty-year alcoholic fugue and resumes her previous life.

La marquesa del barrio

1951

Capulina Corazón de León poster
5.9

It didn't really have a plot, but things happened: bumbling bozo raises a lion cub in his apartment, bumbling bozo gets a lion's heart transplantedd into him, bumbling bozo gets mixed up with criminals.

Capulina Corazón de León

1970

No artwork available
5.8

Based on the novel by Caridad Bravo Adams.

Estafa de amor

1970

No artwork available
5.8

Based on the novel by Caridad Bravo Adams.

Estafa de amor

1970

Médico de guardia poster
6.0

The director of a hospital deceives a poor couple in order to steal their newborn child and sell the baby to a wealthy couple.

Médico de guardia

1950

Los astronautas poster
6.0

Viruta and Capulina are recruited by a group of Venusian space women to serve as an example of ideal males for their planet, much to the dismay of the men of Venus and the fiendish Martians.

Los astronautas

1964

Ahí viene Martín Corona poster
7.2

Martin Corona, player and womanizer, defends the underprivileged, the poor and the needy. He will have to defend a Spanish girl and her servant from the clutches of the villainous of the town. Not only will he have to fight the bad guy, but against the pride of the girl who initially believes that he is the bad character and distrusts him. She was very proud to put him at her feet, but there was a problem, Martin Corona was due more to his people than anyone and she was not willing to risk losing it, so before marrying him, made him swear he would not intervene In other problems.

Ahí viene Martín Corona

1952

Ahí viene Martín Corona poster
7.2

Martin Corona, player and womanizer, defends the underprivileged, the poor and the needy. He will have to defend a Spanish girl and her servant from the clutches of the villainous of the town. Not only will he have to fight the bad guy, but against the pride of the girl who initially believes that he is the bad character and distrusts him. She was very proud to put him at her feet, but there was a problem, Martin Corona was due more to his people than anyone and she was not willing to risk losing it, so before marrying him, made him swear he would not intervene In other problems.

Ahí viene Martín Corona

1952

La vorágine: abismos de amor poster
6.5

It narrates the adventures of the poet Arturo Cova and his lover Alicia, a story of passion and revenge framed in the plain lands and the Amazon jungle where the two lovers scape from society, and which exposes throughout its plot the harsh living conditions of settlers and Indians enslaved during the rubber rush.

La vorágine: abismos de amor

1949

La vorágine: abismos de amor poster
6.5

It narrates the adventures of the poet Arturo Cova and his lover Alicia, a story of passion and revenge framed in the plain lands and the Amazon jungle where the two lovers scape from society, and which exposes throughout its plot the harsh living conditions of settlers and Indians enslaved during the rubber rush.

La vorágine: abismos de amor

1949

La vorágine: abismos de amor poster
6.5

It narrates the adventures of the poet Arturo Cova and his lover Alicia, a story of passion and revenge framed in the plain lands and the Amazon jungle where the two lovers scape from society, and which exposes throughout its plot the harsh living conditions of settlers and Indians enslaved during the rubber rush.

La vorágine: abismos de amor

1949

Capulina vs. the Vampires poster
6.8

Delivery boy answers a call to take some food to that huge spooky mansion on the hill behind the cemetery.

Capulina vs. the Vampires

1971

Wait for me in Siberia, Darling! poster
5.9

Debauched playboy has a hypochondriac streak and an unscrupulous doctor that profits from it.

Wait for me in Siberia, Darling!

1971

La Vida De Nuestro Señor Jesucristo poster
7.0

Jesus Christ goes from being born in a manger to being King of the Jews . Walk where he walked, see what He did, and be where He died. What made him more than just a man in some peoples eyes but an impostor in others'? ...

La Vida De Nuestro Señor Jesucristo

1986

La Vida De Nuestro Señor Jesucristo poster
7.0

Jesus Christ goes from being born in a manger to being King of the Jews . Walk where he walked, see what He did, and be where He died. What made him more than just a man in some peoples eyes but an impostor in others'? ...

La Vida De Nuestro Señor Jesucristo

1986

Jesús, el niño Dios poster
6.4

No synopsis available yet.

Jesús, el niño Dios

1971

Jesús, el niño Dios poster
6.4

No synopsis available yet.

Jesús, el niño Dios

1971

Watch Out for Love poster
7.1

Salvador accompanied by two friends of his father whom he calls uncles, they arrive at a fair in the village, there he meets Ana. When he wins a bet he is paid with a mortgaged house, to his surprise upon entering the hom he realizes that Ana and her mother live in it, provoking a funny entanglement with an explosive final.

Watch Out for Love

1954

Watch Out for Love poster
7.1

Salvador accompanied by two friends of his father whom he calls uncles, they arrive at a fair in the village, there he meets Ana. When he wins a bet he is paid with a mortgaged house, to his surprise upon entering the hom he realizes that Ana and her mother live in it, provoking a funny entanglement with an explosive final.

Watch Out for Love

1954

Watch Out for Love poster
7.1

Salvador accompanied by two friends of his father whom he calls uncles, they arrive at a fair in the village, there he meets Ana. When he wins a bet he is paid with a mortgaged house, to his surprise upon entering the hom he realizes that Ana and her mother live in it, provoking a funny entanglement with an explosive final.

Watch Out for Love

1954

La hermana Trinquete poster
6.7

Career-thief hides from the police by joining a convent.

La hermana Trinquete

1970

¡En peligro de muerte! poster
7.7

No synopsis available yet.

¡En peligro de muerte!

1962

Love of my loves poster
5.8

No synopsis available yet.

Love of my loves

1940

Juana Gallo poster
6.7

Peasant woman leads a regiment during the final days of the Mexican Revolution. Also, romantic entanglements.

Juana Gallo

1961

Juana Gallo poster
6.7

Peasant woman leads a regiment during the final days of the Mexican Revolution. Also, romantic entanglements.

Juana Gallo

1961

Rapsodia mexicana poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

Rapsodia mexicana

1938

Rosario poster
6.3

No synopsis available yet.

Rosario

1935

Jesús, nuestro Señor poster
7.1

Third movie in "Life of Christ" trilogy.

Jesús, nuestro Señor

1971

Jesús, nuestro Señor poster
7.1

Third movie in "Life of Christ" trilogy.

Jesús, nuestro Señor

1971

La vida de Pedro Infante poster
5.3

No synopsis available yet.

La vida de Pedro Infante

1966

The Sin of Adam and Eve poster
4.5

Absurd retelling of the story of Adam and Eve, this was the first of several biblical movies by director Miguel Zacarías that were intended to inspire the faithful but only inspired laughter instead. This film gained much notoriety due to the abundant nudity of its stars and was released worldwide.

The Sin of Adam and Eve

1969

The Sin of Adam and Eve poster
4.5

Absurd retelling of the story of Adam and Eve, this was the first of several biblical movies by director Miguel Zacarías that were intended to inspire the faithful but only inspired laughter instead. This film gained much notoriety due to the abundant nudity of its stars and was released worldwide.

The Sin of Adam and Eve

1969

El gran espectáculo poster
6.7

No synopsis available yet.

El gran espectáculo

1958

El gran espectáculo poster
6.7

No synopsis available yet.

El gran espectáculo

1958

El gran espectáculo poster
6.7

No synopsis available yet.

El gran espectáculo

1958

Ven a cantar conmigo poster
7.0

Tween girl in an orphanage does little-ray-of-sunshine stuff all over the place and puts particular energy into creating a romance between her facility's twentyish nurse and some rando guy from USA that they see in the market.

Ven a cantar conmigo

1967

Over the Waves poster
5.4

Based on the brief life of the Mexican composer of the famous waltz, "Over the Waves" ("Sobre las Olas"), Juventino Rosas.

Over the Waves

1933

Over the Waves poster
5.4

Based on the brief life of the Mexican composer of the famous waltz, "Over the Waves" ("Sobre las Olas"), Juventino Rosas.

Over the Waves

1933

La infame poster
6.5

For love, the rules of society and justice are broken, leading to abduction, exposing life and freedom, facing everything to make a sick child a normal child.

La infame

1954

La infame poster
6.5

For love, the rules of society and justice are broken, leading to abduction, exposing life and freedom, facing everything to make a sick child a normal child.

La infame

1954