
Acting
Jorge Mistral
Born — Died
1920-11-24 — 1972-04-21
Place of birth
Aldaya, Valencia, Spain
Known for
Acting
Credits
64 titles
Modesto Llosas Rosell (November 24, 1920- April 21, 1972) better known as Jorge Mistral, was a Spanish actor that after leaving his Laws career began to acting in spanish theatre. During the years 1940 to 1950 Mistral participated in some of the most popular spanish films like Pequeñeces, Locura de amor and Carmen la de Ronda. Jorge had his bigger success in Mexico where was part of the "leading man" actors sharing credits with actresses like Dolores Del Río, María Félix and Silvia Pinal. In the 70's while he was shooting the soap opera "Hermanos Coraje" Mistral was diagnosed with doudenal cancer; for that reason, in 1972 he commited suicide after many suffering months and depression. …
Known for
7.4Sheherazade is promised to a powerful Sultan as a gift in exchange for free passage to the Holy Land. When the Sultan's underling saves her from certain death, she falls madly in love with her hero.
Scheherazade
1963
3.4Mary Magdalene, a notorious harlot, must choose between her lascivious lifestyle and the love and affection of her decent-minded brother.
The Sword and the Cross
1958
5.8Phaedra is a poor sponge diver on the lovely Greek isle of Hydra. While diving, she discovers an ancient brass and gold statue of a boy riding a dolphin, which is said to have the magical power to grant wishes. Her shiftless boyfriend wants to sell it to an unscrupulous art collector, but Phaedra wants to give it to anthropologist Jim Calder, who would return it to the Greek government.
Boy on a Dolphin
1957
5.4Sold as slaves to a wealthy Roman, Lea and Esther, two Carthaginian sisters, are offered as gifts to the ambitious daughter of a proconsul and end up involved in spite of themselves in a dangerous game of power.
The Sword and the Cross
1956
5.2In this western, a gambler wins a big Mexican ranch and decides to herd all of the cattle upon it into Texas. The crook enlists the aide of a few Mexicans, but they don't realize he plans to cheat them. En route, the cattle drivers are ambushed by banditos. They survive, but during the course of the struggle, the cattle hands learn the truth and ensure that justice gets served.
Gunfighters of Casa Grande
1964
6.2In 19th-century Mexico, young orphan Alejandro is adopted by the wealthy, landowning Earnshaw family and moves into their estate, Wuthering Heights. Soon, the new resident falls for his compassionate foster sister, Catalina. The two share a remarkable bond that seems unbreakable until Catalina, feeling the pressure of social convention, suppresses her feelings and marries Eduardo, a man of means who befits her stature. Alejandro vows to win her back.
Wuthering Heights
1954
Film credits
1970s · 3 titles
5.4A mischievous girl must deal with her idiotic parents and her libertine relatives during the holidays.
Justice is Twelve Years Old
1973
4.9Due to betting problems, Andrés and his lover, Blanca, flee the city and travel through several states of the country; During their journey they get involved with a couple of hippies with whom they live for a time until the tragedy is complete.
The Gates of Paradise
1971
4.1Adulterous love triangle ends in tragedy.
El ardiente deseo
1971
1960s · 13 titles
7.4Sheherazade is promised to a powerful Sultan as a gift in exchange for free passage to the Holy Land. When the Sultan's underling saves her from certain death, she falls madly in love with her hero.
Scheherazade
1963
5.2In this western, a gambler wins a big Mexican ranch and decides to herd all of the cattle upon it into Texas. The crook enlists the aide of a few Mexicans, but they don't realize he plans to cheat them. En route, the cattle drivers are ambushed by banditos. They survive, but during the course of the struggle, the cattle hands learn the truth and ensure that justice gets served.
Gunfighters of Casa Grande
1964
7.0Four stories about sexual initiation in adolescence.
Los debutantes en el amor
1969
6.0After a few years, Víctor Morel comes back to the city. He has been a happy and Bohemian man who spent an authentic fortune. His first meeting with the past is with Laura, an extraordinary woman with he had intense relationships. She is now married with Daniel Romero, a man dedicated to the business that, precisely in the last days, has had a money problem. Due to this matter, Daniel will have to ask Víctor for help because it knows that he can extract it of the difficulty, in spite of the fact that he does not have any sharm.
Historia de una noche
1962
Scheming and double-crosses as an old man and his doxy go to Guatemala to retrieve a stolen treasure that he hid there in years past.
Pecado
1962
Felipe Crespo, because of their anarchist ideology, Barcelona fleeing persecution for justice. Starving, he reaches the manor house and asks for protection Villares pretending repentance. He soon won the confidence of the wealthy owner of the land, a man of high moral and religious training, blind for years, who lives with his beautiful young wife. This, to know the true story of Philip, treats him with disgust, but over time, created in her a strong passion.
El amor de los amores
1962
5.8Two twin sisters have completely different ways of loving: to one love is profound, to the other is carnal.
Bajo un mismo rostro
1962
No synopsis available yet.
Tres Romeos y una Julieta
1961
No synopsis available yet.
La fiebre del deseo
1966
6.7Peasant woman leads a regiment during the final days of the Mexican Revolution. Also, romantic entanglements.
Juana Gallo
1961
No synopsis available yet.
La piel desnuda
1966
5.0Cristina, a beautiful woman, lives in love with her husband Manuel, who believes the most handsome, charming and, above all, the best husband in the world. Unexpectedly, Manuel dies and, thereafter, Cristina not live but to idealize her husband, going so far as to pay a reasonable service. Until a jilted suitor puts aware of the true personality of her husband. Cristina's reaction was swift, gets a 'gale' and women becomes more attractive and desired of Sevilla.
Ventolera
1962
5.8A rich young woman marries a man who will disappoint her emotionally and financially.
Creo en ti
1960
1950s · 36 titles
3.4Mary Magdalene, a notorious harlot, must choose between her lascivious lifestyle and the love and affection of her decent-minded brother.
The Sword and the Cross
1958
5.8Phaedra is a poor sponge diver on the lovely Greek isle of Hydra. While diving, she discovers an ancient brass and gold statue of a boy riding a dolphin, which is said to have the magical power to grant wishes. Her shiftless boyfriend wants to sell it to an unscrupulous art collector, but Phaedra wants to give it to anthropologist Jim Calder, who would return it to the Greek government.
Boy on a Dolphin
1957
5.4Sold as slaves to a wealthy Roman, Lea and Esther, two Carthaginian sisters, are offered as gifts to the ambitious daughter of a proconsul and end up involved in spite of themselves in a dangerous game of power.
The Sword and the Cross
1956
6.2In 19th-century Mexico, young orphan Alejandro is adopted by the wealthy, landowning Earnshaw family and moves into their estate, Wuthering Heights. Soon, the new resident falls for his compassionate foster sister, Catalina. The two share a remarkable bond that seems unbreakable until Catalina, feeling the pressure of social convention, suppresses her feelings and marries Eduardo, a man of means who befits her stature. Alejandro vows to win her back.
Wuthering Heights
1954
5.4It is Summer. It is the right time for love, especially in a most romantic place as Golfo del Tigullio. Different stories: Dorina looking for a rich lover; Clara who takes a fancy to the young Walter while her daughter Lina tries to save her; Aristarco who gave up his career to follow Ada's, but who likes Jacqueline; Renata who is offered by her husband to Ferrari to get money; Marcello who, extraditing Micheline to France, misses the train and falls in love with her.
Love on the Riviera
1958
6.2A sort of meta riff on Alexandre Dumas fils' novel The Lady of the Camellias (La Dame aux Camélias or Camille) here in Mexican melodrama form involving the doomed love of a bullfighter and a beautiful but ailing actress/courtesan.
Camelia
1954
6.4Antonio is the leader of an underground armed group fighting in the village of Ronda against Napoleon's troops which have imposed French rule in 1808 Spain. Micaela is madly in love with Antonio but he is devoted to Carmen, the region's most beautiful gypsy who lives and sings at a local inn.
The Devil Made a Woman
1959
6.4A man long thought dead returns to his fishing village home to find the love he left married to the village’s top power broker, a man who control’s the fish production with an iron fist.
The Sea and You
1952
5.9During a horse race, Ana, a happily married woman with a child, he met Captain Brown. Later, they meet again on a long train journey and inevitably love arises. Both try to forget each one on his own, however, things go more and more complicated, making it impossible to stop the situation.
Forbidden Love
1958
7.0Gloria and Ceferino are two antithetical characters. He is a Galician doctor, serious and upright; she, on the other hand, is a beautiful and rich Andalusian with an extroverted and dominant character. However, Gloria makes a surprising decision: to become a nun. Coincidentally, she goes to a hospital where Dr. Ceferino is the director.
La hermana San Sulpicio
1952
5.6A man comes to a village to marry a girl, but upon meeting the bride's sister, he falls in love with her.
Desired
1951
6.2The story unfolds through the twists and turns of a strange curse attributed to a jewel that, passed from hand to hand, carries a deadly destiny. Its theme spans the three countries where it was filmed (Spain, Mexico, and Argentina), beginning in Spain and then moving to Mexico. The jewel, which takes on the character of another figure in the narrative as it travels through different parts of the world, arrives in Buenos Aires. The film ultimately presents the jewel's final destination in Mexico, where its owner dies, like others who were also marked by its malevolent influence.
3 citas con el destino
1954
5.6A man, annoyed by his wife's interference in the family business, travels to Spain, where he becomes involved with another woman.
Para siempre amor mío
1955
6.0Three men plan a jewelry heist abroad the Andalusia express train.
Andalusia Express
1956
10.0An ambitious French girl who moved to Italy to be an actress cannot break through and then opts for a normal life.
È arrivata la parigina
1958
6.9In Santiago de Cuba in the early 1950s, history begins. A young woman of high society becomes pregnant with a false love, her father orders his black maid (Dolores) to kill the baby (Alberto), but she flees to Havana where Alberto becomes a renowned doctor.
El derecho de nacer
1952
5.3Edmundo Dantes is betrayed by his best friend, who has him killed to keep his property and his love. But after a few years, a certain Count appears to mortify the life of the traitorous friend.
The Count of Monte Cristo
1953
6.2Anthology film, four episodes.
Love in Four Parts
1955
5.8Carlos, a former factory worker of humble origins, has made millions - but the upper class refuses to accept him as one of their own. Meanwhile, Barbara, the spoiled daughter of an industrialist, is to enter into a loveless marriage of convenience. Tensions arise when the two fall madly in love.
Stronger Than Love
1955
5.8Journalist meets an unforgettable woman, tracks her down and discovers all her tragic past.
La noche es nuestra
1952
6.5After spending ten years in prison for a crime he did not commit, Juan is released.
Revenge
1958
6.8Ghosts and premonitions; a married woman discovers the true love of her life while being plagued with supernatural phenomena relating to her imminent murder. It's a comedy.
The Case of the Wee Murdered Woman
1955
6.6No synopsis available yet.
Orquídeas para mi esposa
1954
6.3No synopsis available yet.
La mujer que tu quieres
1952
5.0Alberto, "Zanahoria" and "Jabato" are three students of the Parachute School. They are the "lashing the air," friends, good partners but rivals and competitive in love. When they see Nati, a beautiful woman who falls in love with Alberto, jealousy will lead to situations that jeopardize their great friendship.
Air Lashings
1951
6.3The whaling captain, Antonio Grez, meets in a bar in the port of Valparaiso a very beautiful woman who lives haunted by the tragic premonition that fate will give her a violent death. Grez takes command of a whaler bound for Cape Horn and Antarctica. In Punta Arenas, the owner of the whaling company embarks on together with his fiancee, who is none other than the mysterious woman with whom Grez has fallen in love. The final route of the ship is the 'Land of Desolation', a place on which there is a curse and everyone knows that, for centuries, is has been fulfilled inexorably.
Cape Horn
1956
6.0Two sisters, who are devoted to each other, fall in love with the same man. One of them is terminally ill and after she dies there is suspicion she might have been murdered.
Loving Was His Sin
1951
6.3No synopsis available yet.
La legión del silencio
1956
6.0In a country house dedicated to breeding bulls, bound for bullfighting, a love story emerges, conditioned by social class differences.
La Gata
1956
3.3Madrid in the 1870s. Amidst political intrigues against King Amadeo de Saboya, wealthy and strong-willed countess Curra de Albornoz makes her own way in spite of her son and husband, considering her indiscretions as merely trifles ("pequeñeces") until tragedy strikes her. Period drama with a luxurious production design.
Pequeñeces
1950
7.7Pedro Gonzalez first gets into trouble as part of a criminal gang and then works honourably to become rich. Money is his undoing allowing him to become a womanizer and drinker, almost losing his wife. Finally he rejoins her, they have a son and he pays for his mistakes.
Far from Heaven
1952
5.6Woman discovers she's dying of an incurable illness, so she tries to make her husband hate her; dumping her on moving on would be better for him than watching her decline and feeling sad.
Pobre corazón
1950
6.2César Neira, an almost forgotten Spanish actor, gets involved by chance with Teresa, a teacher from a small village in the province of Cáceres, who has won a radio contest. The prize is a trip to Madrid to experience just for a fortnight the life of the famous and wealthy people.
La gran mentira
1956
5.8Anthology-movie, series of anecdotes about the personal tragedies that lead people to take their values posessions to the state-run pawnshop.
Monte de piedad
1951
8.0Mario is a famous concert pianist affected by an obsessive neurosis. He leaves Paris, cancels his contracts and returns to Spain to devote himself only to music. On his way to Spain he meets a young widow, who Mario saves when she tries to commit suicide by throwing herself from a train.
El tren expreso
1955
10.0In the farmhouse Los Laureles, owned by Don Juan Manuel Almodovar, wealthy Andalusian landowner, everything is being prepared to receive José Luis, only child of Juan Manuel, who is being educated in a Jesuit school in England and is returning for a holiday with his father. Since the death of his wife, Juan Manuel has set all his love in his son. The father does everything his child says, even when he is asked to accompany him to the Venta del Remedio where a blind gypsy called "Colorín" lives. But at the after party a serious accident occurs
Un caballero andaluz
1954
1940s · 8 titles
8.0Arriving at a Guinean Christian mission, a young priest is told by his elder ones the story of Father Javier, another young missioner who restlessly fought to convert a villain not only for God's sake, but also for sentimental reasons.
White Mission
1946
6.2Shanti Andía, a veteran sailor, puts together the fragments of a personal diary that he has written through years of tribulations: his childhood in the Basque Country, his youth in the lands of Cádiz, and his many adventures and misadventures as a ship captain.
Las inquietudes de Shanti-Andía
1947
5.3The passion that Joan of Castile, daughter of the Catholic Kings and heir to the throne, feels for her husband, Philip the Handsome, sovereign of the Netherlands and son of Maximilian of Austria and Mary of Burgundy, is not reciprocated. Her temperament, her jealousy and an unexpected tragedy will throw Joan into the dark realm of madness and obsession with death, the only realm where she will be a true queen…
Locura de amor
1948
8.0Ángela, a young orphan studying at a school abroad, decides to spend the Christmas holidays in Madrid, at the home of her guardian and closest relative, an unmarried lawyer with a somewhat dissipated life.
Ángela es así
1945
5.6Bandits in Sierra Morena assault the carriage in which the Duchess of Benamejí travels. A romance starts between her and the boss of the gang, Lorenzo, that arouses the jealousy of Rocio a gypsy who lives with the bandits. Meanwhile, the Marquis of Peñaflores, a captain in love with his cousin the Duchess, chases the bandits. Rocío reveals to the Marquis where Lorenzo and his men are and taking advantage of the tumult of the fight, she kills the Duchess. Her death will cause a change in attitude both Lorenzo and Peñaflores
La duquesa de Benamejí
1949
6.5No synopsis available yet.
Heroes del 95
1947
6.0Marín, Galicia, Spain. Carlos, José Luis and Enrique, three good friends and final year students in the Naval Academy, argue due to love issues.
Botón de ancla
1948
10.0Toledo, 1585. Samuel, a young Jewish goldsmith, falls in love with Catalina, daughter of Doménikos Theotokópoulos el Greco, a famous painter.
La dama del armiño
1947
