
Acting
Carlos Cardán
Born — Died
1932-11-03 — 2016-07-17
Place of birth
Ciudad Lerdo, Durango, Mexico
Known for
Acting
Credits
63 titles
Known for
7.4Four young women from different social backgrounds—Mónica, Elena, Isabel, and Leticia—seek to enter the TAES Academy (Performing Arts Workshop). As they pursue fame, they also find love; however, things are far from perfect, as Federico Cantú puts them through numerous trials that they must ultimately overcome.
Muchachitas
1991
9.8In the early 20th century, the Montes de Oca family—comprising two sisters and a cousin—finds itself entangled in an intense love triangle. Matilde is in love with her cousin Rodrigo, who loves the other sister, Branca Flor; she, in turn, loves a humble fisherman. Upon discovering this, Rodrigo accuses the fisherman of theft, leading to his arrest. The lovestruck cousin’s malice knows no bounds; learning that Branca Flor is carrying the fisherman's child, he waits for the baby to be born so he can make it disappear.
Yo compro esa mujer
1990
7.0No synopsis available yet.
El peñón del amaranto
1993
4.2American journalist John Reed travels to Mexico during the Mexican Revolution and interviews Francisco Villa. At the same time, we learn about his relationship with his lover Mabel Dodge, his participation in the Patterson strike, and his work as a reporter during World War I.
Red Bells Part I: Mexico in Flames
1982
8.3On October 2, 1968, a student uprising descends into violence after the Mexican government begins to use lethal force against the protesters.
Red Dawn
1990
6.3Mexican feature film
La Fiera
1999
Film credits
2010s · 2 titles
2000s · 12 titles
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Perfidia
2007
No synopsis available yet.
El soplo de la muerte
2001
5.7There is a serial killer and the detectives try to capture him. Someone brings him women willing to migrate to the United States, he sexually abuses them and kills them.
Las Muertas de Juárez
2002
5.0No synopsis available yet.
Venganza cumplida
2004
5.0"El Güero" is a street child, protected only by Lola, a gallant woman who lavishes on him a little food and affection, among all the misery "Güero" is forced to steal parts of cars in a junkyard. He is beaten when he is caught stealing, and is injured, walks through the city where he is almost run over. The driver of the car is Rogelio, Capo Guzmán's right hand. He picks up and heals "Güero" little by little and gains his affection. He invites him to work within the group of street children for the Capo organization.
Niños de la mafia
2000
5.0No synopsis available yet.
Tepitazo: El Reino De La Pirateria
2003
No synopsis available yet.
El más fregón de Zacatecas
2002
5.5This is the story of the problems of a young 21-year-old woman who, in the context of modern Mexico, tries to escape reality with the false relief granted by drugs and casual sex. Pamela gets involved with an older man called Victor, in an unboundedly passionate relationship that leads them to invent a double life for themselves in order to cross over the boundaries and explore their deepest fantasies. They set off in the company of Miguel, a young and sensual Spaniard, on a trip to Pie de la Cuesta.
Pamela: secretos de una pasión
2008
5.0No synopsis available yet.
Sangre de gallo
2007
4.4A retired policeman falls for a beautiful woman involved in the kidnapping of a judge's daughter.
Esclavo y amo
2003
NRNo synopsis available yet.
AK-47 La Reina De Sinaloa
2007
No synopsis available yet.
La muerte del pelavacas
2003
1990s · 19 titles
8.3On October 2, 1968, a student uprising descends into violence after the Mexican government begins to use lethal force against the protesters.
Red Dawn
1990
6.3Mexican feature film
La Fiera
1999
6.8The story of the oil leader Lázaro Pizarro, of his political and personal wars, the use of crime to settle conflicts and the course of his power between the basements and the domes of Mexican politics, have a narrative record made in the Gulf of accuracy and dexterity
Dying in the Gulf
1990
6.7Mexican feature film
El chivatazo
1999
5.0No synopsis available yet.
La brecha
1992
5.3No synopsis available yet.
Un indio quiere llorar
1994
6.8No synopsis available yet.
Mexican Ghostbusters
1991
5.7No synopsis available yet.
Doble fondo
1997
6.0No synopsis available yet.
Odio, amor y muerte
1993
5.5Police officer, struggling to bust open an organized crime syndicate, eventually has to deal with the fact that his son is implicated in their activities.
Sangre prisionera
1999
5.6No synopsis available yet.
Doble venganza
1991
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Crimen en el teatro chino
1990
6.0A woman takes revenge against a group of corrupted policemen that killed her husband.
Carmela the Michoacan
1998
7.5No synopsis available yet.
Orgy of Terror
1990
No synopsis available yet.
El jinete de los pobres
1995
Murders take place in and around a hotel. Debuted on Mexican TV.
Motel of Death
1990
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Contrabando de esmeraldas III
1997
No synopsis available yet.
La siembro, cosecho y vendo
1998
5.4Vagabunda is the story of young girl (Flor), well aware about her seductive skills, who arrives from an unknown place into a small town in Verazcruz where she is protected by the widowed father of a family who has two sons; one married and the other one lame. After weighting possibilities she ends up dividing the family to get the benefits of the family patrimony causing the married man to killed his pregnant wife, fact that is covered up by his father. At his sister in law's funeral, the head of the family announced his wedding with Flor which takes place before the burial. But since the now widowed son was cheating with Flor, he ends up being killed by his father as he did when killing his pregnant wife, Perla, giving this initial sensual movie a tragic end.
Vagabunda
1994
1980s · 11 titles
4.2American journalist John Reed travels to Mexico during the Mexican Revolution and interviews Francisco Villa. At the same time, we learn about his relationship with his lover Mabel Dodge, his participation in the Patterson strike, and his work as a reporter during World War I.
Red Bells Part I: Mexico in Flames
1982
5.8Humble rancher Chico Fuentes transforms into a fierce avenger after learning that his son has been murdered by a wealthy man in town.
Fiera solitaria
1987
5.3Poor Dionisio finds himself as recipient of the good fortune, but soon he forgets that everything that goes up also has to go down, and that in the depressing nothingness of his town it is easy to die.
The Realm of Fortune
1986
5.5Rich man's son in a small town thinks he can get away with anything, including rape and murder.
La Muerte Cruzo El Rio Bravo
1984
6.3The romance between two young people intensifies the bitter feud between their rival families, which has been going on for three generations.
Una leyenda de amor
1982
A boy witness the murder of his family. Years later the killers are killed one by one. The boy now a grown man falls in love with the daughter of one of them. Is he the killer now looking for revenge?
Muertes anunciadas
1988
6.2That cartel guy wants to buy the Terraza family's ranch, but they don't want to sell. Can they hold out till their tough-guy older brother comes home to take charge of this situation?
Los Dos Matones
1983
5.4Luz is in jail, accused of murdering her own children. Her husband and her mother-in-law say she killed them in cold blood. Dr. Rebollar tries to help the woman, but she refuses to remember anything. Luz thinks of jail as the purgatory: it's only one step to reach the Heaven.
Luz's Motives
1986
6.5Mario Balbuena, a honest cop, becomes the victim of an ambush by drug dealers and dirty cops, after that, he recruits a group of sleazy criminals in order to strike his revenge.
Death Squad
1985
5.8An American's couple who live peaceful and quiet in their summer house in Cuernavaca, Mexico, see how their peace and security is broken when a band of delinquents break inside their home violently with the only purpose of extortion.
El jardín de la paz
1989
7.7Unsympathetic portrait of a man who's too macho to display his feelings.
Todo un hombre
1983
1970s · 9 titles
4.5A man is continuously vilified by the other members of the small community in which he lives. One day he meets a strange "doctor" who offers him a great ability with the gun through mysterious magical arts. The man accepts and his vengeance begins. But the price to be paid for the newly acquired skills could be too high.
The Devil Gunman
1974
5.3Anthology film: three "sophisticated" rom-com scenarios.
El cuerpazo del delito
1970
6.1After one is arrested - possibly unjustly - for murder, the lives of two brothers spiral out of control.
Crónica roja
1979
6.3No synopsis available yet.
Los Desalmados
1971
7.6After etching their love on a stalk, a boy and girl reunite years later, reigniting their romance amidst the Mexican Revolution.
La Ley Del Monte
1976
5.3Professor Bruno Volpi spots some strange paintings on a cliff. He sends for Professor Zovek to help him discover its meaning. Zovek uses his powers to figure the writings are a warning that a cosmic tragedy is going to happen. Their fears prove to be true when a fire ball falls from the skies causing the ressurrection of the dead as zombies, craving for human flesh.
The Invasion of the Dead
1973
7.4Archaeologists, tomb robbers, a strange character and an adventurer undertake the search for the tomb of an Egyptian pharaoh, driven by different motivations: from the mere archaeological find to the destruction of humanity.
Kaliman, the Incredible Man
1972
5.8The leading edge of working-class discontent in a Mexican village is a troop of bandits hiding out in the hills; when the bandit leader is killed, the whole town rises up.
En Defensa Propia
1978
6.2Naïve moviegoers in his hometown think a certain actor is tough like the characters he plays and will be able to clear their town of badguys.
Pancho Tequila
1970
1960s · 7 titles
7.8Fidencio Borer, an apothecary in a village on the northern border of Mexico, discovers some old title of a mine in Arizona and decides to claim them. Trying to cross the border is a border guard intercepted by exaggerating in the line of duty. On the way is captured by a tribe of Apaches and is about to be burned alive, but thanks to the Great Head Horse Lying having toothache and learns that the prisoner it can heal, ordered his release on the condition that the cure. Fidencio would take the wheel and gets the eternal friendship of the Chief apache.
Por mis pistolas
1968
6.1Plutarco Satan returns, this time he's pitted against a rival evil organization intent on owning the very formula rumored to turn any metal into gold! Dr. Satan must go toe to toe with the vampiric black magician Yei Lin, in order to keep it out of their hands. The cost of failure? His eternal rest!
Dr. Satan vs. Black Magic
1968
6.7A man and his godson fall in love with the same woman.
La Noche Del Halcon
1968
8.3A woman who is about to die calls the town's priest and hands him a scapulary, saying that she knows of its great powers. Anybody who does not believe in them will end up dead.
The Scapular
1968
5.3Wrestler vs. organized crime.
Blue Demon vs. the Diabolical Women
1968
5.0Reyes Mendoza (Carmen Sevilla) is a Spanish artist who arrives in Mexico in 1913 and finds herself involved in the Pancho Villa (Jose Elias Moreno) revolution.
La guerrillera de Villa
1967
6.0Suffering mother is reunited with her son after a long absence... and he turns out to be a real rotter.
The Prodigal Son
1968
Series credits
7.4Four young women from different social backgrounds—Mónica, Elena, Isabel, and Leticia—seek to enter the TAES Academy (Performing Arts Workshop). As they pursue fame, they also find love; however, things are far from perfect, as Federico Cantú puts them through numerous trials that they must ultimately overcome.
Muchachitas
1991
9.8In the early 20th century, the Montes de Oca family—comprising two sisters and a cousin—finds itself entangled in an intense love triangle. Matilde is in love with her cousin Rodrigo, who loves the other sister, Branca Flor; she, in turn, loves a humble fisherman. Upon discovering this, Rodrigo accuses the fisherman of theft, leading to his arrest. The lovestruck cousin’s malice knows no bounds; learning that Branca Flor is carrying the fisherman's child, he waits for the baby to be born so he can make it disappear.
Yo compro esa mujer
1990
7.0No synopsis available yet.
El peñón del amaranto
1993

