Acting

José Ignacio Rocha

Acting credits

He Who Died of Love poster
5.7

Magicians transfers two peoples' souls (or whatever you want to call them) into each other's bodies.

He Who Died of Love

1945

El jefe máximo poster
6.3

A 1940 film directed by Fernando de Fuentes.

El jefe máximo

1940

Venganza suprema poster
3.8

Julian gets framed for stealing a company check by his superior Carlos who's courting his wife Olga together trying to get him outa the way so they can be together, setting him up, the deed does the job and Julian lands in jail.

Venganza suprema

1934

Espionaje en el golfo poster
6.7

Journalist Luis Navarro is assigned to cover the sinking of several ships, but his investigation takes an unexpected turn after meeting Miss Morán. As he digs deeper, he realizes the case is tied to a dangerous espionage conspiracy.

Espionaje en el golfo

1943

Así es mi tierra poster
7.7

With revolutionary Mexico as a backdrop, a successful local rancher returns triumphant from the war to the praise of townsfolk, and "El General" is ready to take a wife. However the senorita of choice already has fallen for a secret admirer, and a boyhood rival who is threatened by the General's popularity in turn plots against his life.

Así es mi tierra

1937

The Phantom of the Monastery poster
6.2

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

El compadre Mendoza poster
6.7

In the midst of the Mexican Revolution, the landowner Mendoza manages to get along with both the government and the revolutionary group. For the former, he is a supporter of Huerta. For the latter, he is a Zapata supporter. Depending on the political preference of whoever visits him at his hacienda, he has portraits of Huerta or Zapata put up, and organizes a party in honor of his visitors. However, time goes by and the situation becomes untenable. For whom will he take sides?

El compadre Mendoza

1934

Yo bailé con Don Porfirio poster
6.0

Light comedy in which Joaquin Cortes and Mapy Pardavé join their talents, written and directed by Gilberto Martinez Solares. It deals with the life of a pair of twins from a provincial family who emigrated to the city, then one begins to work in a music magazine and occasionally is confused with her sister, which causes problems with their respective boyfriends.

Yo bailé con Don Porfirio

1942

The Prodigious Barber poster
6.0

Benedito the barber, mocked by everyone in the village, lathers the head of a blind customer just as the man regains his sight. Benedito becomes a celebrity, and everyone seeks his services.

The Prodigious Barber

1942

Santa poster
6.2

Santa is a beautiful and very humble young girl living in Chimalistac, a small and quiet spot south of the 1930's Mexico City. After Santa is cheated by arrogant soldier Marcelino, she's rejected by her family and friends and expelled of Chimalistac. Santa finds shelter in a whorehouse and becomes a cinic and bitter woman, mistreated by bullfighter "Jarameno" and silently loved by blind pianist Hipolito.

Santa

1943

La honradez es un estorbo poster
6.3

No synopsis available yet.

La honradez es un estorbo

1937