Fernando de Fuentes

Directing

Fernando de Fuentes

Born — Died

1894-12-13 — 1958-07-04

Place of birth

Veracruz, Mexico

Known for

Directing

Credits

40 titles

Fernando de Fuentes Carrau (December 12, 1894 – July 4, 1958) was a Mexican film director, considered a pioneer in the film industry worldwide. He is perhaps best known for directing the films El prisionero trece, El compadre Mendoza, and Vámonos con Pancho Villa, all part of his Revolution Trilogy on the Mexican Revolution.

Known for

Cruz Diablo poster
5.9

16th-century swashbuckler; evil nobleman usurps another man's title and properties and forces his daughter to marry a political ally. But Cruz Diablo will have revenge!

Cruz Diablo

1934

Crimen y castigo poster
4.7

Adaptation of Dostoyevsky's novel about a student who plans a conceptual murder and then butts heads with a police detective.

Crimen y castigo

1951

Face of the Screaming Werewolf poster
4.2

A scientist experimenting with past lives finds a reincarnated Aztec who can lead him to lost treasure—and to a creature that should remain lost. (Composed of footage from two unrelated Mexican horror films, LA CASA DEL TERROR and LA MOMIA AZTECA, plus new American-made footage.)

Face of the Screaming Werewolf

1965

The Phantom of the Monastery poster
6.4

Alfonso, Eduardo and Cristina get lost when visiting a forest. A strange monk finds them and takes them to an ancient convent. There, the three amigos suffer personality changes, specially Cristina who tries to seduce Alfonso in a strange coincidence to a story told by an old monk. After some efforts to escape, Alfonso is trapped inside a jail and more strange and macabre situations happen.

The Phantom of the Monastery

1934

School for Tramps poster
8.0

Alberto Medina is a famous composer whose car breaks down while he is on a trip. While looking for help, he finds the Valverdes' house and is welcomed in by Emilia, the mother of the family, who is known for taking in tramps.

School for Tramps

1955

Allá en el Rancho Grande poster
6.0

Two good friends — the owner and general manager of a ranch — fall in love with the same girl at the same time. The owner tries to 'buy' the girl without knowing she is in love with the manager.

Allá en el Rancho Grande

1936

Behind the camera

Cruz Diablo poster
5.9

16th-century swashbuckler; evil nobleman usurps another man's title and properties and forces his daughter to marry a political ally. But Cruz Diablo will have revenge!

Cruz Diablo

1934

Cruz Diablo poster
5.9

16th-century swashbuckler; evil nobleman usurps another man's title and properties and forces his daughter to marry a political ally. But Cruz Diablo will have revenge!

Cruz Diablo

1934

Crimen y castigo poster
4.7

Adaptation of Dostoyevsky's novel about a student who plans a conceptual murder and then butts heads with a police detective.

Crimen y castigo

1951

Crimen y castigo poster
4.7

Adaptation of Dostoyevsky's novel about a student who plans a conceptual murder and then butts heads with a police detective.

Crimen y castigo

1951

Face of the Screaming Werewolf poster
4.2

A scientist experimenting with past lives finds a reincarnated Aztec who can lead him to lost treasure—and to a creature that should remain lost. (Composed of footage from two unrelated Mexican horror films, LA CASA DEL TERROR and LA MOMIA AZTECA, plus new American-made footage.)

Face of the Screaming Werewolf

1965

The Phantom of the Monastery poster
6.4

Alfonso, Eduardo and Cristina get lost when visiting a forest. A strange monk finds them and takes them to an ancient convent. There, the three amigos suffer personality changes, specially Cristina who tries to seduce Alfonso in a strange coincidence to a story told by an old monk. After some efforts to escape, Alfonso is trapped inside a jail and more strange and macabre situations happen.

The Phantom of the Monastery

1934

The Phantom of the Monastery poster
6.4

Alfonso, Eduardo and Cristina get lost when visiting a forest. A strange monk finds them and takes them to an ancient convent. There, the three amigos suffer personality changes, specially Cristina who tries to seduce Alfonso in a strange coincidence to a story told by an old monk. After some efforts to escape, Alfonso is trapped inside a jail and more strange and macabre situations happen.

The Phantom of the Monastery

1934

School for Tramps poster
8.0

Alberto Medina is a famous composer whose car breaks down while he is on a trip. While looking for help, he finds the Valverdes' house and is welcomed in by Emilia, the mother of the family, who is known for taking in tramps.

School for Tramps

1955

Allá en el Rancho Grande poster
6.0

Two good friends — the owner and general manager of a ranch — fall in love with the same girl at the same time. The owner tries to 'buy' the girl without knowing she is in love with the manager.

Allá en el Rancho Grande

1936

Allá en el Rancho Grande poster
6.0

Two good friends — the owner and general manager of a ranch — fall in love with the same girl at the same time. The owner tries to 'buy' the girl without knowing she is in love with the manager.

Allá en el Rancho Grande

1936

Allá en el Rancho Grande poster
6.0

Two good friends — the owner and general manager of a ranch — fall in love with the same girl at the same time. The owner tries to 'buy' the girl without knowing she is in love with the manager.

Allá en el Rancho Grande

1936

No artwork available
6.3

A 1933 film.

La calandria

1933

No artwork available
6.3

A 1933 film.

La calandria

1933

Los hijos de María Morales poster
7.5

Two brothers known in town for their womanizing, drinking and rowdiness meet their matches when two girls who like them decide to tame the two machos.

Los hijos de María Morales

1952

Los hijos de María Morales poster
7.5

Two brothers known in town for their womanizing, drinking and rowdiness meet their matches when two girls who like them decide to tame the two machos.

Los hijos de María Morales

1952

Woman Without a Soul poster
6.4

Ambitious young woman climbs the social ladder. A bit too fast.

Woman Without a Soul

1944

Woman Without a Soul poster
6.4

Ambitious young woman climbs the social ladder. A bit too fast.

Woman Without a Soul

1944

Let's Go with Pancho Villa! poster
6.9

The 1910 Mexican Revolution is on its way when six brave peasants, known as "Los Leones de San Pablo", decide to join Pancho Villa's army and help end the suffering in their community by assisting in the struggle. Together, they will endure the tragedies and hardships of a civil war.

Let's Go with Pancho Villa!

1936

Let's Go with Pancho Villa! poster
6.9

The 1910 Mexican Revolution is on its way when six brave peasants, known as "Los Leones de San Pablo", decide to join Pancho Villa's army and help end the suffering in their community by assisting in the struggle. Together, they will endure the tragedies and hardships of a civil war.

Let's Go with Pancho Villa!

1936

El rey se divierte poster
6.0

Mexican movie

El rey se divierte

1944

El rey se divierte poster
6.0

Mexican movie

El rey se divierte

1944

El rey se divierte poster
6.0

Mexican movie

El rey se divierte

1944

Bajo el cielo de México poster
5.7

No synopsis available yet.

Bajo el cielo de México

1937

La zandunga poster
5.7

It is the story of a beautiful Tehuana woman who falls in love with a sailor who leaves with the promise of returning, but due to her delay she decides to accept a former suitor as her husband. Finally, when the marriage is about to materialize, the sailor returns creating an emotional conflict in her that is resolved thanks to her fiancé who, by intuiting her true feelings, leaves her free to stay with the sailor

La zandunga

1938

The Tiger of Yautepec poster
6.0

Costume-drama, 1840s: bandits prey on the town of Yautepec for over twenty years.

The Tiger of Yautepec

1933

The Tiger of Yautepec poster
6.0

Costume-drama, 1840s: bandits prey on the town of Yautepec for over twenty years.

The Tiger of Yautepec

1933

House of Terror poster
6.1

Casimiro, night watchman at a wax museum of horrors, is even more sleepy than his usual laziness makes him - because his boss, the Professor, is secretly draining blood from him while he dozes to use in experiments in raising the dead. These haven't worked so far, and the bodies have been waxened and placed on display in the museum to cover his crimes. His big chance seems to come, however, when he learns that the mummified body of a modern man has been found in an Egyptian sarcophagus. The professor and his two henchmen steal the body and take it back to his lab - where the experiment flops again.

House of Terror

1960

3 citas con el destino poster
6.2

The story unfolds through the twists and turns of a strange curse attributed to a jewel that, passed from hand to hand, carries a deadly destiny. Its theme spans the three countries where it was filmed (Spain, Mexico, and Argentina), beginning in Spain and then moving to Mexico. The jewel, which takes on the character of another figure in the narrative as it travels through different parts of the world, arrives in Buenos Aires. The film ultimately presents the jewel's final destination in Mexico, where its owner dies, like others who were also marked by its malevolent influence.

3 citas con el destino

1954

El dinero tiene miedo poster
6.2

John is a rogue that convinces two friends to be trusted with your money, ensuring that you will place in Switzerland in very good condition, but his plan will encounter some difficulties.

El dinero tiene miedo

1970

Las locuras de Tin Tan poster
6.2

Tin-Tan wants to builds an ice cream machine.

Las locuras de Tin Tan

1952

The Jungle of Fire poster
5.3

A beautiful woman awakens passions in the workers of a camp deep in the jungle.. Venice Film Festival 1947

The Jungle of Fire

1945

The Jungle of Fire poster
5.3

A beautiful woman awakens passions in the workers of a camp deep in the jungle.. Venice Film Festival 1947

The Jungle of Fire

1945

The Adventures of Pito Pérez poster
5.9

After a long absence, a man returns to his village and recounts all his adventures with a touch of nostalgia.

The Adventures of Pito Pérez

1957

La sombra del otro poster
5.4

Víctor Gómez has always been under the shadow of his dead brother, whom his mother always idolizes and compares with him. Victor will have to find a way to make a living by boxing and earns the respect of his mother. El Pajarito, Viruta and Capulina will give him encouragement.

La sombra del otro

1957

¡No me defiendas, compadre! poster
6.3

A bungling wannabe-lawyer keeps interfering in his friend's lives; his desire to help always makes things worse.

¡No me defiendas, compadre!

1949

Hasta que perdió Jalisco poster
6.0

Young landowner wants to get married, but family problems are interfering with his plans.

Hasta que perdió Jalisco

1945

Doña Bárbara poster
7.1

A woman hardened by her past now runs a ranch she acquired through manipulation and bribery.

Doña Bárbara

1943

Doña Bárbara poster
7.1

A woman hardened by her past now runs a ranch she acquired through manipulation and bribery.

Doña Bárbara

1943

Doña Bárbara poster
7.1

A woman hardened by her past now runs a ranch she acquired through manipulation and bribery.

Doña Bárbara

1943

Out on the Big Ranch poster
5.8

Remake of famous 1936 ranchera musical.

Out on the Big Ranch

1949