
Directing
Carlos Hugo Christensen
Born — Died
1914-12-14 — 1999-11-30
Place of birth
Santiago del Estero, Argentina
Known for
Directing
Credits
40 titles
Carlos Hugo Christensen was an Argentine film director, screenwriter and film producer. He directed 54 films between 1946 and his retirement. He lived in Venezuela, Mexico and Chile, until in the mid 1950s he relocated to Brazil where he established his own film studio, Carlos Hugo Christensen Produções Cinematográficas. Christensen retired from film in 1996 and died three years later of a heart attack in Brazil.
Known for
5.9The captain of a small vessel, regularly sailing between his home island of Margarita Island in the Caribbean and the Venezuelan mainland, has two separate and very different relationships. At home, he is happily married, having named his boat Isabel after his wife. Yet on his visits to the port of La Guaira, he has a passionate affair with Esperanza, a woman working in a seedy cabaret who tries to retain him with hexes and spells. A classic of Latin American cinema, which won Best Cinematography at 1951 Cannes Film Festival.
The Yacht Isabel Arrived This Afternoon
1950
6.1A murderer terrorizes the city of Buenos Aires by attacking on the streets on rainy days and always leaving a card with the name "S. López". A local boarding house full of eccentrics appears to house a possible suspect.
La muerte camina en la lluvia
1948
6.6While playing a prank, a young boy accidentally discovers the identity of a criminal lurking in the neighborhood.
If I Should Die Before I Wake
1952
7.0The relationship between an experienced woman and a youngster which develops in a passion and a further social rejection.
Safo, historia de una pasión
1943
7.2For reasons that will be revealed in the end, a woman mysteriously returns to her parents' home on her wedding night.
Noche de bodas
1942
6.0Meus Amores no Rio is a thin romantic comedy about a young woman (Suzana Freyre) who wins a trip to Rio de Janeiro on a television quiz show. Being both young and attractive and excited about the city, she manages to enchant three different men. The first man to fall for her is a pilot, and then there is the journalist, and then a womanizer.... Each encounter reveals more of the city and its impressive vistas, a fourth important protagonist in this film.
Three Loves in Rio
1959
Behind the camera
5.9The captain of a small vessel, regularly sailing between his home island of Margarita Island in the Caribbean and the Venezuelan mainland, has two separate and very different relationships. At home, he is happily married, having named his boat Isabel after his wife. Yet on his visits to the port of La Guaira, he has a passionate affair with Esperanza, a woman working in a seedy cabaret who tries to retain him with hexes and spells. A classic of Latin American cinema, which won Best Cinematography at 1951 Cannes Film Festival.
The Yacht Isabel Arrived This Afternoon
1950
5.9The captain of a small vessel, regularly sailing between his home island of Margarita Island in the Caribbean and the Venezuelan mainland, has two separate and very different relationships. At home, he is happily married, having named his boat Isabel after his wife. Yet on his visits to the port of La Guaira, he has a passionate affair with Esperanza, a woman working in a seedy cabaret who tries to retain him with hexes and spells. A classic of Latin American cinema, which won Best Cinematography at 1951 Cannes Film Festival.
The Yacht Isabel Arrived This Afternoon
1950
5.9The captain of a small vessel, regularly sailing between his home island of Margarita Island in the Caribbean and the Venezuelan mainland, has two separate and very different relationships. At home, he is happily married, having named his boat Isabel after his wife. Yet on his visits to the port of La Guaira, he has a passionate affair with Esperanza, a woman working in a seedy cabaret who tries to retain him with hexes and spells. A classic of Latin American cinema, which won Best Cinematography at 1951 Cannes Film Festival.
The Yacht Isabel Arrived This Afternoon
1950
6.1A murderer terrorizes the city of Buenos Aires by attacking on the streets on rainy days and always leaving a card with the name "S. López". A local boarding house full of eccentrics appears to house a possible suspect.
La muerte camina en la lluvia
1948
6.1A murderer terrorizes the city of Buenos Aires by attacking on the streets on rainy days and always leaving a card with the name "S. López". A local boarding house full of eccentrics appears to house a possible suspect.
La muerte camina en la lluvia
1948
6.6While playing a prank, a young boy accidentally discovers the identity of a criminal lurking in the neighborhood.
If I Should Die Before I Wake
1952
7.0The relationship between an experienced woman and a youngster which develops in a passion and a further social rejection.
Safo, historia de una pasión
1943
7.2For reasons that will be revealed in the end, a woman mysteriously returns to her parents' home on her wedding night.
Noche de bodas
1942
6.0Meus Amores no Rio is a thin romantic comedy about a young woman (Suzana Freyre) who wins a trip to Rio de Janeiro on a television quiz show. Being both young and attractive and excited about the city, she manages to enchant three different men. The first man to fall for her is a pilot, and then there is the journalist, and then a womanizer.... Each encounter reveals more of the city and its impressive vistas, a fourth important protagonist in this film.
Three Loves in Rio
1959
6.0Meus Amores no Rio is a thin romantic comedy about a young woman (Suzana Freyre) who wins a trip to Rio de Janeiro on a television quiz show. Being both young and attractive and excited about the city, she manages to enchant three different men. The first man to fall for her is a pilot, and then there is the journalist, and then a womanizer.... Each encounter reveals more of the city and its impressive vistas, a fourth important protagonist in this film.
Three Loves in Rio
1959
6.0Meus Amores no Rio is a thin romantic comedy about a young woman (Suzana Freyre) who wins a trip to Rio de Janeiro on a television quiz show. Being both young and attractive and excited about the city, she manages to enchant three different men. The first man to fall for her is a pilot, and then there is the journalist, and then a womanizer.... Each encounter reveals more of the city and its impressive vistas, a fourth important protagonist in this film.
Three Loves in Rio
1959
6.2A married man takes advantage of his friendship with another man, making him pretend to be the father of the children he has out of wedlock.
Los chicos crecen
1942
6.2A married man takes advantage of his friendship with another man, making him pretend to be the father of the children he has out of wedlock.
Los chicos crecen
1942
8.0A young engineer on holiday gets involved with a boy who has a strange relationship with the wind. Their close friendship arouses suspicion in the small town. When the boy disappears, the engineer is accused of murdering him.
The Boy and the Wind
1967
8.0A young engineer on holiday gets involved with a boy who has a strange relationship with the wind. Their close friendship arouses suspicion in the small town. When the boy disappears, the engineer is accused of murdering him.
The Boy and the Wind
1967
8.0A young engineer on holiday gets involved with a boy who has a strange relationship with the wind. Their close friendship arouses suspicion in the small town. When the boy disappears, the engineer is accused of murdering him.
The Boy and the Wind
1967
8.5The happiness of a child is marred by the harsh attitude of the captain of a boat.
White Eagle
1941
9.0No synopsis available yet.
Matemática Zero, Amor Dez
1958
8.7A student secretly goes back to school after getting married to one of her teachers.
La pequeña señora de Pérez
1944
6.8Mrs. Pérez wants to get divorced because she believes that her husband is unfaithful to her.
La señora de Pérez se divorcia
1945
7.2A man tries to avenge the death of his sister, a gambling addict. Another man, an ex-convict who whistles when he commits a crime, is reunited with his blind mother.
Never Open That Door
1952
5.4The parallel lives of two brothers of the "Pampas" of the Brazilian area, which much share everything they have. A woman, "the intruder", will change everything.
The Intruder
1979
5.4The parallel lives of two brothers of the "Pampas" of the Brazilian area, which much share everything they have. A woman, "the intruder", will change everything.
The Intruder
1979
5.4The parallel lives of two brothers of the "Pampas" of the Brazilian area, which much share everything they have. A woman, "the intruder", will change everything.
The Intruder
1979
4.7In three corners of the Buenos Aires neighborhood known as Recoleta, life and death pursue parallel paths. One of silence, death, rebellion and drugs. Lecube is staying in a hotel with his lover Celia and his son Marcelo with whom his friend Toto is trying to initiate a homosexual relationship.
Are We?
1982
4.7In three corners of the Buenos Aires neighborhood known as Recoleta, life and death pursue parallel paths. One of silence, death, rebellion and drugs. Lecube is staying in a hotel with his lover Celia and his son Marcelo with whom his friend Toto is trying to initiate a homosexual relationship.
Are We?
1982
6.4To impress friends and family, Cristina pretends to be the fiancée of best-selling author Pablo Reyes. When Reyes shows up in town, he good-naturedly agrees to keep up the pretense.
Spring Bride
1942
When a woman discovers her husband's infidelity, she decides to get divorced. But he still loves her, and learning that another guy has fallen for her, decides to change places with him. He would be the lover.
Love for Three
1958
When a woman discovers her husband's infidelity, she decides to get divorced. But he still loves her, and learning that another guy has fallen for her, decides to change places with him. He would be the lover.
Love for Three
1958
When a woman discovers her husband's infidelity, she decides to get divorced. But he still loves her, and learning that another guy has fallen for her, decides to change places with him. He would be the lover.
Love for Three
1958
7.0A six-time widowed man lives with his six mothers-in-law and is looking for a new wife.
Las seis suegras de Barba Azul
1945
9.0No synopsis available yet.
Esse Rio que Eu Amo
1962
9.0No synopsis available yet.
Esse Rio que Eu Amo
1962
5.5A great mystery surrounds Leonora, and it becomes even more mysterious when a stranger arrives from Buenos Aires looking for her, saying he knows her. In love with her, he is desperate when they say she is dead. Not believing what they say, he continues his search. But upon finding her, he is faced with a cruel and unexpected enigma.
Leonora of the Seven Seas
1955
5.5A great mystery surrounds Leonora, and it becomes even more mysterious when a stranger arrives from Buenos Aires looking for her, saying he knows her. In love with her, he is desperate when they say she is dead. Not believing what they say, he continues his search. But upon finding her, he is faced with a cruel and unexpected enigma.
Leonora of the Seven Seas
1955
6.6Young newlywed girl about to embark on her honeymoon persuades older family friend to assist her in an extensive search for her missing husband. A road-trip full of comical misadventures ensues.
Devil in the Flesh
1947
6.5A middle-age woman and a young composer live a tragic romance.
Swan Song
1945
3.5When chain gang prisoners attack their guards, some of the hardened criminals escape Brazil's infamous Anchieta Prison amidst all the pick-ax carnage. The government dispatches a machine-gun squad to round up the fugitives.
The Violent and the Damned
1962
3.5When chain gang prisoners attack their guards, some of the hardened criminals escape Brazil's infamous Anchieta Prison amidst all the pick-ax carnage. The government dispatches a machine-gun squad to round up the fugitives.
The Violent and the Damned
1962
9.0A retired civil servant decides to return to his hometown to reencounter his first and only love.
Journey to Duilia's Breasts
1965
