
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
7.0In 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
6.7The 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
6.3Family from a farming community move to the capital and lose their moral compass.
Espejismo de la ciudad
1976
5.1To 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
6.0Tourist's eye overview of some highlights of Mexican history and folk culture, all expressed through interpretive dance.
México lindo y querido
1961
6.0Doctor 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
Film credits
Behind the camera
7.0In 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
7.0In 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
6.7The 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
6.7The 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
6.3Family from a farming community move to the capital and lose their moral compass.
Espejismo de la ciudad
1976
5.1To 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
5.1To 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
6.0Tourist's eye overview of some highlights of Mexican history and folk culture, all expressed through interpretive dance.
México lindo y querido
1961
6.0Doctor 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
6.0Doctor 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
6.0Doctor 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
5.7Mexican feature film
Morelos siervo de la nación
1965
5.7Mexican feature film
Morelos siervo de la nación
1965
6.5A young woman loses her mind when she finds out that her uncle and his boyfriend met in a train accident.
Stolen Heaven
1951
6.6A 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
6.3A woman betrayed by a man falls into despair and kills him. What fate will the jury decide for her?
History of a Scoundrel
1964
6.3A woman betrayed by a man falls into despair and kills him. What fate will the jury decide for her?
History of a Scoundrel
1964
6.7Manuel 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
6.7Manuel 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
6.3A 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
6.8A 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
5.8Self-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
6.0The life of the Mexican muralist José Clemente Orozco and his quest to create a career in New York.
Looking for a Wall
1974
6.0The life of the Mexican muralist José Clemente Orozco and his quest to create a career in New York.
Looking for a Wall
1974
5.0Three-fer anthology of black-humor sex-n-death anecdotes.
Los amantes frios
1978
6.3A 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
4.5Damiana, 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
4.5Damiana, 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
7.2Strong-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
6.7Bank employee is tempted to make use of banknotes scheduled for destruction.
El ladrón
1947
6.7Bank employee is tempted to make use of banknotes scheduled for destruction.
El ladrón
1947
Popa arrives to New York and of course along with her the troubles and tangles.
Popa en Nueva York
1974
7.4A 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
5.0No synopsis available yet.
La mafia del crimen
1958
6.4The story of The Last Hours of Jesus Christ.
El proceso de Cristo
1966
6.4The story of The Last Hours of Jesus Christ.
El proceso de Cristo
1966
9.0Two little poor kids, who work selling chewing gum in the streets, must face the true nature of the horror surrounding them.
Chewing Gum
1968
9.0Two little poor kids, who work selling chewing gum in the streets, must face the true nature of the horror surrounding them.
Chewing Gum
1968
9.0Two little poor kids, who work selling chewing gum in the streets, must face the true nature of the horror surrounding them.
Chewing Gum
1968
5.2The 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

