Carlos Baena

Acting

Carlos Baena

Known for

Acting

Credits

19 titles

Carlos Baena was an extraordinary artist. Although he had had a part in a Mexican film when he was 22 years old, 1956 was a significant year: he had been studying drama in Madrid for five years, and he appeared in a big film production, Robert Rossen's "Alexander, the Great", first film version of the life of the ancient king of Macedon, filmed in Spain, and starring Richard Burton. By the time the film was released, he had returned to Mexico, where he became a prominent actor, starring in Alberto Gout's "Adán y Eva", also from 1956. Baena was also a theater director and a playwright. He directed big production of classics by Spanish writers, as Calderón de la Barca's tragedy "La vida es su…

Known for

Film credits

1950s · 12 titles

Alexander the Great poster
6.1

An 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

Adam and Eve poster
4.4

Adam and Eve are placed by God in Paradise, but because of the world-infamous sin they committed, God decides to teach them a lesson.

Adam and Eve

1956

Gutierritos poster
6.6

Timid, browbeaten salaryman becomes famous author overnight.

Gutierritos

1959

Tragic Cabaret poster
6.3

A bar-girl's job becomes inescapable after her involvement in a murder. The bar owner deals with relationship troubles from her cheating boyfriend and her adopted daughter's ambitions.

Tragic Cabaret

1958

Mujeres de fuego poster
4.5

No synopsis available yet.

Mujeres de fuego

1958

No artwork available
5.4

Romantic triangle. One of the guys is a very bad man.

Beneath the Sky of Mexico

1958

No artwork available
5.8

Frivolous young society woman gains depth and maturity through contact with the director of an orphanage and his wards.

Cuentan de una mujer

1959

Los amantes poster
6.3

Mexican feature film

Los amantes

1956

La última lucha poster
6.3

Slice-of-life melodrama: backstage at the wrestling arena.

La última lucha

1959

Sand kisses poster
5.0

Romantic rivalries and violence on a tropical island.

Sand kisses

1959

No artwork available
6.0

Man wants to dump wife for a new girlfriend; all three end up weekending in Acapulco together along with a gentleman the wife meets enroute, and all four explore the possibility of forming new relationships.

¡Viva el amor!

1958

No artwork available
5.6

Pedro, a wealthy Mexican landowner, is convinced he can get everything he wants with money and arrogance.

Los salvajes

1958