Julio Bracho

Directing

Julio Bracho

Born — Died

1909-07-17 — 1978-04-26

Place of birth

Durango, Mexico

Known for

Directing

Credits

42 titles

Julio Bracho was a Mexican film producer, director, and screenwriter. He was the director of the film "La Sombra del Caudillo", which received an award at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival in Czechoslovakia in 1960 and a special director's award. He was the father of actress Diana Bracho.

Known for

Film credits

Behind the camera

The Shadow of the Tyrant poster
7.0

In 1920s Mexico, the candidates being chosen to succeed the current president, El Caudillo, find themselves at his mercy as he will resort to anything to accomplish his will, including kidnapping, betrayal, and murder.

The Shadow of the Tyrant

1960

The Shadow of the Tyrant poster
7.0

In 1920s Mexico, the candidates being chosen to succeed the current president, El Caudillo, find themselves at his mercy as he will resort to anything to accomplish his will, including kidnapping, betrayal, and murder.

The Shadow of the Tyrant

1960

Another Dawn poster
6.7

The disaffected wife of a failed civil servant, is thrilled to re-encounter Octavio, a former lover who is now a union activist on the run from a corrupt politician. Hoping to help him, she descends into the Mexican underworld, where she finds a purpose-and a thrill-missing from her married life.

Another Dawn

1943

Another Dawn poster
6.7

The disaffected wife of a failed civil servant, is thrilled to re-encounter Octavio, a former lover who is now a union activist on the run from a corrupt politician. Hoping to help him, she descends into the Mexican underworld, where she finds a purpose-and a thrill-missing from her married life.

Another Dawn

1943

Espejismo de la ciudad poster
6.3

Family from a farming community move to the capital and lose their moral compass.

Espejismo de la ciudad

1976

Take Me in Your Arms poster
5.1

To pay off her father's debts, Rita leaves her humble fishing village in Yucatan and gets exploited by several men, including a married politician who turns her into a big dancing star.

Take Me in Your Arms

1954

Take Me in Your Arms poster
5.1

To pay off her father's debts, Rita leaves her humble fishing village in Yucatan and gets exploited by several men, including a married politician who turns her into a big dancing star.

Take Me in Your Arms

1954

México lindo y querido poster
6.0

Tourist's eye overview of some highlights of Mexican history and folk culture, all expressed through interpretive dance.

México lindo y querido

1961

Twilight poster
6.0

Doctor Alejandro Mangino falls in love with Lucía just before he goes on a round-the-world trip. Pining for her all the while, he returns to find that she’s married his best friend.

Twilight

1945

Twilight poster
6.0

Doctor Alejandro Mangino falls in love with Lucía just before he goes on a round-the-world trip. Pining for her all the while, he returns to find that she’s married his best friend.

Twilight

1945

Twilight poster
6.0

Doctor Alejandro Mangino falls in love with Lucía just before he goes on a round-the-world trip. Pining for her all the while, he returns to find that she’s married his best friend.

Twilight

1945

Morelos siervo de la nación poster
5.7

Mexican feature film

Morelos siervo de la nación

1965

Morelos siervo de la nación poster
5.7

Mexican feature film

Morelos siervo de la nación

1965

Stolen Heaven poster
6.5

A young woman loses her mind when she finds out that her uncle and his boyfriend met in a train accident.

Stolen Heaven

1951

Rosenda poster
6.6

A ruffian sends his assistant to force a peasant girl to marry him, but while he is bringing her to him, he falls in love with her.

Rosenda

1948

History of a Scoundrel poster
6.3

A woman betrayed by a man falls into despair and kills him. What fate will the jury decide for her?

History of a Scoundrel

1964

History of a Scoundrel poster
6.3

A woman betrayed by a man falls into despair and kills him. What fate will the jury decide for her?

History of a Scoundrel

1964

Story of a Great Love poster
6.7

Manuel leaves town leaving Soledad in deep sadness. After several years of absence, the young man returns to find Soledad married to Antonio. However, the woman continues to be in love with him and both are determined to consummate their love.

Story of a Great Love

1942

Story of a Great Love poster
6.7

Manuel leaves town leaving Soledad in deep sadness. After several years of absence, the young man returns to find Soledad married to Antonio. However, the woman continues to be in love with him and both are determined to consummate their love.

Story of a Great Love

1942

Inmaculada poster
6.3

A single mother discovers her daughter getting ready to elope with an unworthy boyfriend, so she sits the girl down and tells her the whole entire story of her own very unhappy marriage.

Inmaculada

1950

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

Reto a la vida poster
5.8

Self-righteous young Social Services woman puts all her faith in the institutional answers to questions of the Public Good, and she destroys a couple of lives in the process.

Reto a la vida

1954

Looking for a Wall poster
6.0

The life of the Mexican muralist José Clemente Orozco and his quest to create a career in New York.

Looking for a Wall

1974

Looking for a Wall poster
6.0

The life of the Mexican muralist José Clemente Orozco and his quest to create a career in New York.

Looking for a Wall

1974

Los amantes frios poster
5.0

Three-fer anthology of black-humor sex-n-death anecdotes.

Los amantes frios

1978

I Killed a Man poster
6.3

A mature woman looks for a judge to hand over after having murdered a man and recounts everything that happened. Sequel to "Historia de un canalla".

I Killed a Man

1964

Damiana and the Men poster
4.5

Damiana, a girl who has grown up with her grandfather and a friend, is discovered by photographer and launched as supermodel.

Damiana and the Men

1967

Damiana and the Men poster
4.5

Damiana, a girl who has grown up with her grandfather and a friend, is discovered by photographer and launched as supermodel.

Damiana and the Men

1967

Basket of Mexican Tales poster
7.2

Strong-willed Luisa attracts lots of men, but her intelligence and sharp tongue often sends them running. When she meets Carlos, who is equally cagey, sparks fly. The two of them marry, and quickly begin clashing on a daily basis, humiliating each other as they try to teach one another lesson after lesson.

Basket of Mexican Tales

1956

El ladrón poster
6.7

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

El ladrón

1947

El ladrón poster
6.7

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

El ladrón

1947

No artwork available
NR

Popa arrives to New York and of course along with her the troubles and tangles.

Popa en Nueva York

1974

The Door and the Butcher's Wife poster
7.4

A movie divided in two segments, the first "La puerta" (The Door) is about a high society gathering in which a door inside the mansion leads to a bizarre corridor where a naked and menacing human figure appears. The second "La mujer del carnicero" (The Butcher's Wife) is set during the Mexican revolution and is about horrifying hallucinations felt by a lieutenant after committing a murder.

The Door and the Butcher's Wife

1969

La mafia del crimen poster
5.0

No synopsis available yet.

La mafia del crimen

1958

El proceso de Cristo poster
6.4

The story of The Last Hours of Jesus Christ.

El proceso de Cristo

1966

El proceso de Cristo poster
6.4

The story of The Last Hours of Jesus Christ.

El proceso de Cristo

1966

Chewing Gum poster
9.0

Two little poor kids, who work selling chewing gum in the streets, must face the true nature of the horror surrounding them.

Chewing Gum

1968

Chewing Gum poster
9.0

Two little poor kids, who work selling chewing gum in the streets, must face the true nature of the horror surrounding them.

Chewing Gum

1968

Chewing Gum poster
9.0

Two little poor kids, who work selling chewing gum in the streets, must face the true nature of the horror surrounding them.

Chewing Gum

1968

To Each His Own Life poster
5.2

The days go by dizzyingly for the girls who work at the cabaret ´El Paraíso´. However, on New Year's Eve, in the heat of the glasses and cigarette smoke, they narrate their hapless destinies

To Each His Own Life

1960