
Acting
Federico Luppi
Born — Died
1936-02-23 — 2017-10-20
Place of birth
Ramallo, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Known for
Acting
Credits
71 titles
Federico José Luppi (February 23, 1936 - October 20, 2017) was a renowned first Argentine actor with an extensive career in film and television.
Known for
7.8In post–civil war Spain, 10-year-old Ofelia moves with her pregnant mother to live under the control of her cruel stepfather. Drawn into a mysterious labyrinth, she meets a faun who reveals that she may be a lost princess from an underground kingdom. To return to her true father, she must complete a series of surreal and perilous tasks that blur the line between reality and fantasy.
Pan's Labyrinth
2006
6.0No synopsis available yet.
Alta comedia
1970
10.0No synopsis available yet.
El amor tiene cara de mujer
1964
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Lo + plus
1995
6.5No synopsis available yet.
Atreverse
1990
7.3Spain, 1939. In the last days of the Spanish Civil War, the young Carlos arrives at the Santa Lucía orphanage, where he will make friends and enemies as he follows the quiet footsteps of a mysterious presence eager for revenge.
The Devil's Backbone
2001
Film credits
2010s · 6 titles
7.0A paraplegic computer engineer who moves in a wheelchair and works in his basement starts hearing noises and voices of bank-robbers.
At the End of the Tunnel
2016
6.0Accused of killing his brother during adolescence, Salvador lives alone in the middle of Patagonia. Several decades later, his brother Marcos and his sister-in-law Laura, come to convince him to sell the lands they share by inheritance.
Black Snow
2017
5.3A librarian founds a copy of the fabled Necronomicon, only unleash hell on earth.
Necronomicon – The Book of Hell
2018
7.6Magallanes sees his humdrum life turn upside down the day Celina, a women he met in the violent years when he was a soldier with the Peruvian Army, jumps into his taxi in a Lima street. This unexpected re-encounter after 25 years with the dark past that unites them prompts Magallanes to embark on a daring plan to help Celina get money and find his own redemption.
Magallanes
2015
5.6A man protects his pregnant wife from their neighbors after the apartment is quarantined.
Phase 7
2010
NRHis mother has left and Gonzalo doesn't know why. How he is taking care of his little infant sister all alone, though he himself is barely ten years old. Neighbours help and try to figure out what should be done with the two children. Like old Felipe with his pub, the veterinarian Julio and his wife, or kind Lorena, who's stranded in the town. And gradually Gonzalo finds out what is really going on.
The Kid
2015
2000s · 16 titles
7.8In post–civil war Spain, 10-year-old Ofelia moves with her pregnant mother to live under the control of her cruel stepfather. Drawn into a mysterious labyrinth, she meets a faun who reveals that she may be a lost princess from an underground kingdom. To return to her true father, she must complete a series of surreal and perilous tasks that blur the line between reality and fantasy.
Pan's Labyrinth
2006
7.3Spain, 1939. In the last days of the Spanish Civil War, the young Carlos arrives at the Santa Lucía orphanage, where he will make friends and enemies as he follows the quiet footsteps of a mysterious presence eager for revenge.
The Devil's Backbone
2001
6.6Four mathematicians are imprisoned in a shrinking room; with the walls closing in, they must try anything to escape this fatal puzzle.
Fermat's Room
2007
7.7Santiago, capital of Chile during the Marxist government of elected, highly controversial president Salvador Allende. Father McEnroe supports his leftist views by introducing a program at the prestigious "collegio" (Catholic prep school) St. Patrick to allow free admission of some proletarian kids. One of them is Pedro Machuca, slum-raised son of the cleaning lady in Gonzalo Infante's liberal-bourgeois home. Yet the new classmates become buddies, paradoxically protesting together as Gonzalo gets adopted by Pedro's slum family and gang. But the adults spoil that too, not in the least when general Pinochet's coup ousts Allende, and supporters such as McEnroe.
Machuca
2004
7.8In Buenos Aires, a few days before traveling to Spain with his beloved wife Liliana Rovira to visit their son Pedro, the leftist Literature professor Fernando Robles is compulsory retired in the University, and he concludes that it is impossible to live with his pension. The crisis in Argentina does not allow Fernando to get a new job, and his wife decides to sell her family's apartment and move to a small farm near Villa Dolores to reduce their expenses. Fernando comes up with the idea to grow lavender and sell the oil to the perfume industry.
Common Ground
2002
6.2In a flashback, Ernesto, a young con man, tells us how he got to the edge of a big score: childhood in an orphanage, youthful smash-and-grab burglaries until his partner is caught, then tutelage from Lefty, an aging swindler. After some years of success, they're joined by Federico, the best, a true artist. Things go well until Pilar, a woman from Federico's past, re-enters his life with a proposal to con a golden goose - a swindle that will put them all on easy street. A double-cross may be in the cards. The flashback over, can Ernesto hold his own in the present?
Swindled
2004
6.9Three old men and a little boy try to preserve what they consider to be National Patrimony in the form of a locomotive nicknamed the "33"
The Last Train
2002
7.0It tells the story of a people who stood on the side of the freedom, civilization and progress, but also some who are on the side of unbridled capitalism and race. However, they is still a possibilities of utopia and solidarity.
The Good Destiny
2006
5.8The making of “The Devil’s Backbone” by Guillermo del Toro.
Que es un Fantasma?: The Making of 'The Devil's Backbone'
2004
5.0A women is planning to kill her son-in-law after she finds out that he is unfaithful to her daughter.
Que parezca un accidente
2008
The elaborate sets of The Devil's Backbone and gathers several interviews with Guilermo Del Toro, Eduardo Noriega, Marisa Paredes, and Federico Luppi, amongst others
The Devil's Backbone: Behind the Scenes
2001
5.0Zeta has a month to hand in a novel she has been commissioned to write and every day she searches for inspiration among the strange customers who are regulars at the Café Rossignol. There she becomes close to Alicia, a pretty waitress who doesn't want to fall in love; she gets to know Pascal, the owner of the bar and a cabaret artist who is nervously waiting for the arrival of his old friends and lovers Irene and Kurt. Or she leaves with Don José another regular who is tormented by a letter he doesn't dare to open. They all want to change their lives. The moment has come to be brave and try to do the impossible. Can they put the moon in a bottle..?
Moon in a Bottle
2007
5.9It tells the story of four Jewish boys during a few summer days at the country club where their parents take them, on the outskirts of Buenos Aires, in 1993. Within the club, the four define themselves as outsiders, since they do not participate in the sports activities that are practiced there, and therefore do not fit into the logic that governs the place, being permanently bothered and mocked by the rest of the children of their age.
Cheese Head
2006
7.7When the retired seventy-seven years old hypochondriac widower Fred moves to an apartment in Madrid, his temperamental daughter Cuca has an incident with his next door neighbor, the elder Argentinean Elsa. Later, they meet each other and Elsa seduces Fred with her reckless behavior and view of life and they have a romance.
Elsa & Fred
2005
5.3An inexplicable crack in the Pyrenees Mountains provokes excitement and scientific curiosity. As the geological fracture deepens and widens, the European community begins to disassociate itself from the calamity, and panic ensues among tourists and residents attempting to escape. When Spain and Portugal physically separate from the continent, the detached Iberian peninsula aimlessly floats off to sea, becoming home to a group of god-like humans.
The Stone Raft
2002
9.5A rivalry between two actors proves to have dangerous consequences in this drama from Spain. Daniel (Federico Luppi) is the star of a popular television series who is interested in more prestigious work. and longs to appear on the legitimate stage. Daniel is lobbying for the leading role in Divertimento, a well-known play that made a star of leading man Bernardo Gabler (Francisco Rabal). When Daniel pays a visit to the theater where the play is being staged, he discovers to his surprise that Bernardo is waiting for him. Bernardo is not at all eager to turn over his signature role to another actor and insists on putting Daniel through a punishing audition, which turns out to be the least of Daniel's problems when Bernardo forces him to help hide a corpse, implicating him in a murder Bernardo claims to have committed.
Divertimento
2000
1990s · 14 titles
6.7Faced with his own mortality, an ingenious alchemist tried to perfect an invention that would provide him with the key to eternal life. It was called the Cronos device. When he died more than 400 years later, he took the secrets of this remarkable device to the grave with him. Now, an elderly antiques dealer has found the hellish machine hidden in a statue and learns about its incredible powers. The more he uses the device, the younger he becomes...but nothing comes without a price. Life after death is just the beginning as this nerve-shattering thriller unfolds and the fountain of youth turns bloody.
Cronos
1993
7.0Alcoholic prostitute Gloria is in the middle of a business deal with gangsters when a fatal confrontation occurs. She flees Mexico City, returning to her native Madrid, where she's reunited with her comatose husband and his mother, while hitman Eduardo is pursuing her to retrieve information.
Nobody Will Speak of Us When We're Dead
1995
7.5After having a nearly fatal drug overdose, 19-year-old Argentine Martin is sent to Madrid, where his film director father lives with his new, younger lover, Alicia, and his bisexual actor friend, Dante.
Martin (Hache)
1997
7.5Mario and Ana, in voluntary exile from Buenos Aires, live in a remote Argentine valley with their 12-year-old son Ernesto. Mario runs a school and a wool cooperative; Ana, a doctor, heads a clinic with Nelda, a progressive nun. Into this idealistic family comes Hans, a jaded Spanish geological engineer -- surveying the land for the local patron, to see if it can be dammed for hydro-electric power, which would drive the peasants from the land into the cities.
A Place in the World
1992
5.8Rober, Max and Ona, three young people living on the fringes of society, decide to commit a risky robbery.
Extasis
1996
5.6Joaquina is aging in a small Mexican village in the 1920s. Her life is boring and she spends her days dreaming of her hero, cowboy Tom Mix. Everything Joaquina wants is to meet him. Her life changes when a bunch of bandits appears nearby. It's time for Tom Mix to stop the thieves and fulfill Joaquina's dreams of adventure.
My dear Tom Mix
1992
5.7Argentina: 1969: Major Molina has been sent to a military outpost in southern Patagonia to investigate the brutal murder of soldier Lito. The harsh weather conditions of Patagonia reflect the strict and cruel way in which the Colonel Hellman and his officers direct the garrison. Gradually comes to light that Lito was drugged by a fellow, Reppeto, and therefore was unable to participate in an unexpected military exercise at night. For his "disobedience", Lito was beaten to death. Molina seeks justice, aided by the deceased's family and the village priest. However, he is forced to abandon the case when the military forces take the power in Buenos Aires. Years later, with democracy finally restored in Argentina, the case will be reopened causing the abolition of military service and the military justice system.
Under Flag
1997
6.5Manuel is a Spanish writer who has emigrated to Argentina. He hears that his childhood village in Spain is to be turned into a reservoir, and returns for one last trip. There he meets widow Virginia, an old love, and begins to hope that he might reignite the flame between them. As old secrets are revealed, the villagers must come to terms with their imminent loss and the drowning of their home.
Wiped-Out Footprints
1999
6.3Dr. Fuentes is a medical professor approaching his retirement and journeys to find old students, with sometimes disturbing results.
Men with Guns
1998
6.4A comedy about a young girl who gets pregnant on a traditional Argentinean family.
I Don't Owe 100 Times
1990
3.7Patagonia, Argentina, 1880s. During the Conquest of the Desert, Marguerite, the French wife of Colonel Garay, in charge of protecting a new railway, discovers that a French woman is being held captive by the local natives.
Warriors and Prisoners
1990
6.6Jose is an elderly rebel who, after being refused a withdrawal at a bank, returns with a gun and threatens to shoot himself if he doesn't get his cash. Pedro, a young teller, is disillusioned with his life and sees Jose's stunt as a way out when he pretends to be taken hostage, leaving the bank with the old man and a hefty amount of money. The unlikely duo become friends, picking up tough-girl Ana along the way, while avoiding the police.
Wild Horses
1995
7.4Clara Goldstein is a lovely, middle-aged Jewish woman who, because of an impending visit from her American brother, is forced to create a contrived relationship with a man of her own faith. She places an ad in a personals column and meets Raul, a well-spoken, handsome and charming man whom she soon discovers is a Gentile and does not fulfill her reason for placing the ad. Having no alternative, Clara proceeds to instruct Raul with an intensive course in Judaism. Their journey is both humorous and captivating, but not without pitfalls. These two mature people risk a last chance at a meaningful relationship in their lives.
Autumn Sun
1996
6.0No synopsis available yet.
Killing Grandpa
1993
1980s · 11 titles
6.2Bonnie Bedilia stars in this psychological thriller about a woman who witnesses a murder and then flees. During her escape, she has a car accident. She becomes an amnesia victim and although, she doesn't know her own identity, is able to describe the murder, but doesn't remember where it occurred or who was involved.
The Stranger
1987
6.9A man meets a former military service buddy who offers him a good deal. Money starts pouring in, but things change from one day to the next.
Sweet Money
1982
6.7A small revolution breaks out in a small Argentine town, as one group of Peronists calls they newly elected peronist a communist. The newly elected official enlists the aid of allies ranging from the town drunk to young peronists to help hold his post. What follows is a slapstick war with a serious message.
Funny Dirty Little War
1983
4.5Miami DEA agent Cliff Adams is in South America working undercover for Gonzalo Reyes, the biggest cocaine exporter in South America. Cliff's fiancée, Janet Meade, is a reporter doing a story about Reyes. Reyes orders Cliff to kill Marcelo Villalba, who is running for his countries position as president, but Cliff can't bring himself to do it, because his assignment from the DEA is to work against Reyes. Reyes is afraid Villalba will put him out of business, and is afraid that Janet's story will do the same thing, so Reyes sends someone else after Villalba, and then Reyes has Janet kidnapped, and Cliff is the only one who can keep Reyes' plans from succeeding.
Cocaine Wars
1985
5.2A reporter becomes involved with a band of terrorists hiding in the mountains between Peru and Bolivia.
Les longs manteaux
1986
No synopsis available yet.
Después del último tren
1989
7.1Luis is a righteous man who begins a struggle and a moral debate with his family, neighbors and close friends when a corrupt municipal official offers a very convenient "arrangement".
The Arrangement
1983
9.0When a marriage separates, a teenage girl chooses to move in with her father.
The Messes of Susana
1986
8.0Upon turning 55, Pepe, a bank manager, feels bored with his life. He abandons his family, quits his job, takes a woman younger than him as a lover, and becomes associated with a moneylender.
El año del conejo
1987
7.5Two coworkers decide to blackmail the corrupt demolition company they work for by setting up a fake accident.
Time for Revenge
1981
7.4Mendizábal, a hit man, its ordered by his anonymous clients to murder a man. But in the precise and obsessive persecution, he will discover that he is only part of a game that doesn't belong to him, a web at the service of greater interests.
Last Days of the Victim
1982
1970s · 9 titles
7.0An influential mob boss and a cabaret star team up to increase his power.
The flower of the mafia
1974
6.0Following the death of a close friend, a woman caught in an unhappy marriage looks for ways to improve her life.
Crónica de una señora
1971
7.3Shortly before a match against River Plate, members of the Boca Juniors football team are kidnapped.
Paula contra la mitad más uno
1971
9.0A waiter, a notary, a policeman and some gravediggers leave everything to go and watch their favorite football team play.
Pasión dominguera
1970
9.0A once prominent family fight each other over the inheritance of a run down mansion. Motivated by individual greed, they turn on one another until they unite to subdue a stranger prone to violence. Outwardly the family retains respectability and their name is not sullied, but irreparable harm is done to the unit and mutual trust is shattered in the wake of the events that transpire.
Los herederos
1970
8.5The story of Santos Pérez, the man who murdered caudillo Facundo Quiroga in 1835.
I Did Kill Facundo
1975
10.0After seven years in jail, a woman is released and has to re-enter society.
A Woman...
1975
7.6In 1920, workers from Patagonia, in Southern Argentina, gather around an anarcho-syndicalist society and go on strike, demanding better working conditions. When the situation turns unsustainable, President Yrigoyen sends Lieutenant Colonel Zavala to impose order.
Rebellion in Patagonia
1974
6.1The life of an advertising model, since she is discovered by a producer, until she decides to move away from the advertising environment.
Mosaico (La vida de una modelo)
1970
1960s · 4 titles
During his last night as a bachelor, a man imagines what would happen if he ran away and avoided marriage, or if he were able to avoid conventions and have a sincere relationship with his girlfriend. Adaptation of the homonymous short story by Roberto Arlt.
Noche terrible
1967
6.0Film that includes three short films by different authors about love: "O pacto" by Eduardo Coutinho, "Terrible Night" by Rodolfo Kuhn, and "Magic World" by Helvio Soto.
The ABC of Love
1967
6.3Aniceto is used to being lonely. When Francisca offers him her love, his personal limitations and little miseries arise.
The Romance of Aniceto and Francisca
1967
7.1A chronicle of the life and career of a popular singer: his humble origins, his rise to fame, and his exploitation by the media.
Pajarito Gómez
1965
Series credits
6.0No synopsis available yet.
Alta comedia
1970
10.0No synopsis available yet.
El amor tiene cara de mujer
1964
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Lo + plus
1995
6.5No synopsis available yet.
Atreverse
1990
6.5No synopsis available yet.
Atreverse
1990
6.5No synopsis available yet.
Atreverse
1990
6.5No synopsis available yet.
Love at First Sight
1992
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Condicionados
2012
NRSome tourists are on a trip to Setúbal Lagoon and find a dead man. According to the investigation, the man is Esteban Uriarte, known as El Bebe, known as the king of the Santa Fe nightlife.
¿Quién mató al Bebe Uriarte?
2014
NRNo synopsis available yet.
El pacto
2011

