
Acting
Rubén Rojo
Born — Died
1922-12-16 — 1993-03-30
Place of birth
Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Known for
Acting
Credits
62 titles
Known for
8.0No synopsis available yet.
El amor tiene cara de mujer
1971
7.4Valeria y Maximiliano is a Mexican telenovela produced by Carlos Sotomayor for Televisa and originally broadcast on Canal de las Estrellas from December 23, 1991, to May 1, 1992. Created by Nora Alemán, the telenovela stars Leticia Calderón and Juan Ferrara. The story follows Valeria Landero, a beautiful, wealthy, and strong-willed young woman whose pride and impulsive nature bring conflict to her family. After rejecting the obsessive Román de la Fuente, she becomes the target of his revenge, which threatens to destroy everything she loves. Throughout her struggles, Maximiliano Riva remains by her side, and together they must overcome betrayal, ambition, and family intrigue before finding true love.
Valeria y Maximiliano
1991
7.2Who is Jesus, and why does he impact all he meets? He is respected and reviled, emulated and accused, beloved, betrayed, and finally crucified. Yet that terrible fate would not be the end of the story.
King of Kings
1961
6.1An engrossing spectacle set in the 4th-century BC, in which Alexander of Greece leads his troops forth, conquering all of the known world, in the belief that the Greek way of thinking will bring enlightenment to people. The son of the barbaric and ruthless King Philip of Macedonia, Alexander achieved glory in his short but remarkable life.
Alexander the Great
1956
5.1Returning home, Ross Logan immediately gets into conflict with the Carranza gang, which had just crossed the Mexican border and has occupied a nearby Hacienda. After his brother is killed he plans a cold blooded revenge for which he separates the gang's most dangerous members by using their individual weak points and the general discordance amongst them. The time for the final confrontation is set by the astronomically interested Logan amidst an eclipse.
Requiem for a Gringo
1968
6.9Romero is a compelling and deeply moving look at the life of Archbishop Oscar Romero of El Salvador, who made the ultimate sacrifice in a passionate stand against social injustice and oppression in his county. This film chronicles the transformation of Romero from an apolitical, complacent priest to a committed leader of the Salvadoran people.
Romero
1989
Film credits
1980s · 2 titles
6.9Romero is a compelling and deeply moving look at the life of Archbishop Oscar Romero of El Salvador, who made the ultimate sacrifice in a passionate stand against social injustice and oppression in his county. This film chronicles the transformation of Romero from an apolitical, complacent priest to a committed leader of the Salvadoran people.
Romero
1989
6.3An undercover cop and slick con-man form an alliance against a evil and vicious drug lord who takes advantage and uses the poor people of a small village with his equally evil henchmen.
¡Yerba Sangrienta!
1986
1970s · 5 titles
5.8Widow with teenaged children faces hostility from her dead husband's mother, who seems to know a family secret she wants to use against her.
El juicio de los hijos
1971
5.5The war in Europe is ending, but the American troops have to find a scientist on the run who is also chased by some surviving SS forces.
The Last Day of the War
1970
10.0Tarek loves his cousin Zubaida and travels to Spain to work in bullfighting under a pseudonym. Zubaida comes to Spain in search of her lover, but despite his pleas for her to return to Morocco, she continues to follow him.
Sands of Gold
1971
7.0The Sevillano's guest is a story full of intrigues. The title alludes to the fact that a character who appears, the guest of the El Sevillano inn in Toledo, is the writer Miguel de Cervantes.
El huesped del sevillano
1970
4.7Zorro-type horseman with occult powers faces off against all metaphysical evils.
The Whip vs. Satan
1979
1960s · 17 titles
7.2Who is Jesus, and why does he impact all he meets? He is respected and reviled, emulated and accused, beloved, betrayed, and finally crucified. Yet that terrible fate would not be the end of the story.
King of Kings
1961
5.1Returning home, Ross Logan immediately gets into conflict with the Carranza gang, which had just crossed the Mexican border and has occupied a nearby Hacienda. After his brother is killed he plans a cold blooded revenge for which he separates the gang's most dangerous members by using their individual weak points and the general discordance amongst them. The time for the final confrontation is set by the astronomically interested Logan amidst an eclipse.
Requiem for a Gringo
1968
5.2Omar and his friend, Ali, returning to Moorish Granada after several years in the Middle East, discover that an evil usurper is now in power. With the help of a female genie, Omar sets about restoring freedom and justice.
1001 Nights
1968
4.3A blind sculptor works on his magnum opus unaware that the skeletons he has been using for armatures are the remains of the victims of his evil wife and that he is the next target.
Cauldron of Blood
1968
5.4The Allied D-Day invasion is a success, and German forces begin leave Normandy. After an ambush takes out a set of Panzer tanks led by German Lt. Hunter, he finds himself alone with his unit in what may be the last Panzer that's still operational. While traveling through the French countryside, Cooper meets Jeanette, a woman who offers to lead the troops back to Germany, but his feelings for her get in the way of his survival instincts.
The Battle of the Last Panzer
1969
4.9El Santo, the masked Mexican wrestler, investigates a series of kidnappings. He discovers that the mysterious Doctor Caroll is using the victims as part of his experiments to develop an army of monsters. Naturally, El Santo is able to overcome them all - with wrestling!
Santo in the Wax Museum
1963
5.5In 1661 Mexico, Baron Vitelius is executed for witchcraft. 300 years later, during a comet's return, he resurfaces as a brain-eating monster seeking revenge on the Inquisitors' descendants.
The Brainiac
1962
5.8Hud's parents were murdered, their land stolen and now Hud will dish out justice to the guilty - the three Clark brothers know they are in danger but they don't know from where the blow will come.
For One Thousand Dollars Per Day
1966
6.3A US Secret Service agent must go to Hong Kong because of the disappearance of some important documents that carried her former partner in the Korean War. These documents, if they fell into enemy hands, could be very dangerous and cause many more deaths.
Seven Minutes to Die
1969
5.1No synopsis available yet.
Relaciones casi públicas
1968
6.2Thaimí, a beautiful and talented fisherman's daughter, becomes a celebrated night club singer as she is torn by the love of two men who happen to be brothers.
Thaimí, la hija del pescador
1960
5.2Neutron, a wrestler/superhero, investigates a series of murders at a sanitarium.
Neutron vs. the Maniac
1965
6.4Suave jewelry-thieves caper comedy overlaid with howling family-melodrama coincidences.
El amor que yo te dí
1960
8.0No synopsis available yet.
Fontana di Trevi
1960
7.5A man whose hand has been replaced by a steel one finds that his new hand has the ability to retain enough electricity so he can kill his enemies, which is exactly what he starts to do.
Our Man in Casablanca
1966
5.7Bank robbers face obstacles when they try to retrieve stolen money that one of their gang buried.
Condenados a muerte
1963
6.2The Argumedo cousins have their clothes stolen while taking a shower, and they must find it at all costs, because there's a winning lottery ticket in their pockets.
Vuelven los Argumedo
1963
1950s · 26 titles
6.1An engrossing spectacle set in the 4th-century BC, in which Alexander of Greece leads his troops forth, conquering all of the known world, in the belief that the Greek way of thinking will bring enlightenment to people. The son of the barbaric and ruthless King Philip of Macedonia, Alexander achieved glory in his short but remarkable life.
Alexander the Great
1956
5.4Sold as slaves to a wealthy Roman, Lea and Esther, two Carthaginian sisters, are offered as gifts to the ambitious daughter of a proconsul and end up involved in spite of themselves in a dangerous game of power.
The Sword and the Cross
1956
6.4A small Spanish town is divided between the upper and lower parts. In the wealthy upper part, all the women are barren. Juan from the poor lower part falls in love with Luz, a pretty girl from the upper side: a girl who must of course be barren.
Cursed Mountains
1955
7.0Love at First Sight is an Italian movie directed by Franco Rossi.
Love at First Sight
1958
5.7A beautiful cabaret dancer falls in love with a sailor who promises to return and marry her. Trouble ensues.
In the Flesh
1951
6.7This film tells several short stories that end up lapsing in the emergency room of a hospital, because it is dedicated to nurses. Cantinflas appears at the end of the film playing the role of Luis, a man who has five daughters and looks forward to a boy, but fate plays a trick and the child dies at birth, but history gives a nice twist and a message of hope.
Love Your Neighbor
1958
5.8In the drama, a father, firmly believing that the baby daughter in his arms is not his own, abandons her upon the doorstep of the town drunk. Many years pass, and the man finds himself continually wracked with guilt about deserting her.
Daughter of Deceit
1951
8.0No synopsis available yet.
La frontera del miedo
1958
7.3No synopsis available yet.
Estrella de Sierra Morena
1952
3.8Mexican romantic musical.
Mujeres en mi Vida
1950
7.0Four Spanish Blue Division soldiers captured after the German invasion of Soviet territory face a choice in forced labor camps: renounce their Spanish nationality for better conditions. While two accept, Captain Adrados leads a group resisting, labeling those who comply as traitors, showcasing a struggle for loyalty to Franco's values.
Embajadores en el infierno
1956
5.5Dedicated, saintly nurse has a twin sister who is a Bad Girl.
The Woman and the Beast
1959
6.3No synopsis available yet.
Las locuras de Bárbara
1959
6.5A saloon singer is released from prison after being convicted on a prostitution charge. She plans to blackmail the judge from her case by seducing him, but after she grows close to the judge she has a change of heart.
Sensualidad
1951
6.3No synopsis available yet.
La legión del silencio
1956
9.0No synopsis available yet.
El seductor de Granada
1953
6.2Woman prostitutes herself to the man who murdered her fiance, to get evidence of his guilt and bring him to trial.
La huella de unos labios
1952
6.5No synopsis available yet.
Vargas Inn
1959
4.8Nightclub performer escapes from her abusive manager and starts life over in a new city.
La reina del mambo
1951
6.8Juan Luis and Dimas arrive to the "Venta del Catite", a tavern run by Rafael and his goddaughter Reyes. The tavern is frequented by tuna fishermen in the region, but in reality it is a cover for smuggling. Rafael decides to hire a beautiful singer, Raquel, to distract customers and the two new arrivals, so that he can do his business without being disturbed.
The Girl at the Inn
1951
7.6Left alone after her mother runs off with another man and her father kills himself, Elena attempts to make a new life for herself in a new city. Believing he's a friend, Elena goes to dinner with "Pretty Boy" Lucio, but he drugs her champagne and sells her to Rosaura, who runs a brothel out of her nightclub. Elena becomes a sensation as a dancer, but all the while she nurtures plans of revenge against those who have conspired against her.
Aventurera
1950
8.0Don Fernando is a senior engineer of Sevilla for years as a partner had a friend working. But his partner died and his son, Albert, wants to take the management of the company and the farm, one of the most important of Seville, whose property also shared. Alberto secretly courting Esperanza, a daughter of Don Fernando. Juan Antonio, the son of the late foreman of the farm, is an honest young man who, in silence, also loves Esperanza. Both will vie for her love.
Sucedió en Sevilla
1955
7.0A young man arrives at Puebla de las Mujeres, a village of Andalusia with the tradition that man that arrives, man that marries there. The foreigner is going to solve some issues of interest of an aunt who lives in the village. Soon as he arrives all women mobilize, captained by the mayor, for electing bride and organize the wedding. The designated Juanita de la Rosa, does not want to participate and he laughs at the arrangements saying that he has a girlfriend in Madrid.
Puebla de las mujeres
1953
6.2Two women form The League of Girls invite an interesting repertoire of young ladies to become members and get rid of men and all the evils that come with them.
The League of Girls
1950
7.0No synopsis available yet.
Day of Fear
1957
6.0A peasant woman arrives in the capital and is run over by a young man, who, to compensate her, gives her a job as a maid.
Nosotras las sirvientas
1951
1940s · 9 titles
7.3Portrayal of a family’s attempt to change the spending habit of the indulgent and hedonistic patriarch, Alfredo. The family decides to try to fool him into spending less by telling him that his large fortune is gone.
The Great Madcap
1949
6.4A young woman who was born and grew up on an island prison-colony decides to move to the island and try life in the real world. Romance, bad luck and astonishing coincidences wait in her path.
La hija del penal
1949
6.0In a Mexican village during XIX century, word spread of a curse. Old José tells Carmen about the curse surrounding the Bridge of Punishment, said to affect anyone who wishes for another person’s death.
El puente del castigo
1946
6.2Heated rivalry over a bar-girl in a dive-y waterfront saloon.
Smoke in the Eyes
1946
6.0Fictional story about the Escuadron 201 de Caza (201st Mexican Fighter Squadron), which participated in military campaigns in the Phillipines during WWII. It focuses primarily on two brothers, one who has a promising future as a doctor, who volunteer for this unit after Mexico declares war on Germany after the sinking of Mexican merchants by U-boats. The story also follows another young man, the son of a Spanish immigrant baker. He volunteers to pay what he feels is an unpaid debt to their new adopted country.
Escuadrón 201
1945
6.0Labor disputes and love triangles among coastal-village fishermen.
Algo flota sobre el agua
1948
5.4An endless series of disasters separates a mother from her children. It takes her over twenty years to find her way back to the bosom of her family.
Mis hijos!
1944
No synopsis available yet.
Cuando baja la marea
1949
No synopsis available yet.
Adam, Eve and the Devil
1945
Series credits
8.0No synopsis available yet.
El amor tiene cara de mujer
1971
7.4Valeria y Maximiliano is a Mexican telenovela produced by Carlos Sotomayor for Televisa and originally broadcast on Canal de las Estrellas from December 23, 1991, to May 1, 1992. Created by Nora Alemán, the telenovela stars Leticia Calderón and Juan Ferrara. The story follows Valeria Landero, a beautiful, wealthy, and strong-willed young woman whose pride and impulsive nature bring conflict to her family. After rejecting the obsessive Román de la Fuente, she becomes the target of his revenge, which threatens to destroy everything she loves. Throughout her struggles, Maximiliano Riva remains by her side, and together they must overcome betrayal, ambition, and family intrigue before finding true love.
Valeria y Maximiliano
1991

