Ernesto Alonso

Acting

Ernesto Alonso

Born 1917-03-01 · Aguascalientes, Mexico

Ernesto Alonso (February 28, 1917 – August 7, 2007) was a Mexican producer, director, cinematographer and actor. He was nicknamed "El Señor Telenovela" ("Mr. Soap Opera") because most of his work centered on telenovelas known around the world.

Acting credits

The Young and the Damned poster
8.1

A group of juvenile delinquents live a violent life in the infamous slums of Mexico City; among them Pedro, whose morality is gradually corrupted and destroyed by the others.

The Young and the Damned

1950

Wuthering Heights poster
6.2

In 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

Coronation poster
5.2

The traumatic story of an old bourgueoise in Mexico City, his relationship with his crazy grandmother, his sexually troubled past and his sick crush on the young and beautiful maid of the house.

Coronation

1976

The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz poster
7.3

A bizarre black comedy about a man whose overwhelming ambition in life is to be a renowned serial killer of women, and will stop at nothing to achieve it - but not everything goes according to plan...

The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz

1955

No artwork available
6.0

Based on the novel by Henry James. In mid-19th-century New York, a young, plain-looking heiress named Catherine Sloper is courted by a handsome young man who is only after her money. Although her love for him is unwavering, her domineering father will force her to confront the harsh reality by threatening to disinherit her.

LA HEREDERA

1994

Mujer de medianoche poster
4.5

Young woman elopes with her fiancé; during their honeymoon, things happen that cause them to be separated, and she finds herself alone in a big city with no resources to fall back on.

Mujer de medianoche

1952

Speaking of Buñuel poster
6.0

Surrealist master Luis Buñuel is a towering figure in the world of cinema history, directing such groundbreaking works as Un Chien Andalou, Exterminating Angels, and That Obscure Object of Desire, yet his personal life was clouded in myth and paradox. Though sexually diffident, he frequently worked in the erotic drama genre; though personally quite conservative, his films are florid, flamboyant, and utterly bizarre.

Speaking of Buñuel

2000

México de mis amores poster
6.0

Anthology of clips from classic-era Mexican films, with reality-footage of elderly actors discussing their memories of the period.

México de mis amores

1979

Marina poster
5.6

Adaptation of a Spanish operetta about a love triangle between two fisherman and a human female.

Marina

1945

Streetwalker poster
5.7

In Mexico City, two sisters live radically different lives: Maria, who—along with her supportive group of fellow sex workers—must deal with unscrupulous, abusive clients and her exploitative pimp, Rudy, and Elena, a society woman trapped in a marriage of convenience, who falls prey to Rudy’s fortune-seeking seduction.

Streetwalker

1951

Tragic Weddings poster
5.7

Jalisco, 19th century. Diego, a wealthy landowner, secretly marries Amparo, defying her father Juan Manuel, who fiercely opposes the union. Juan Manuel still holds a grudge against Diego, having once been his employer when Diego was just a laborer. Their secret marriage stirs jealousy and resentment, particularly in Octavio, Diego’s servant, and his wife Laura, who harbors unspoken feelings for him. As Diego departs for a military mission in Guadalajara, Juan Manuel, unaware of the marriage, attempts to arrange a match between Amparo and the Spaniard José Luis.

Tragic Weddings

1946

A Mexican Buñuel poster
6.0

A documentary covering the years Luis Buñuel spent in Mexico making films.

A Mexican Buñuel

1997

The Port of the Seven Sins poster
6.2

Career criminals vie for ownership of a disreputable waterfront dive and for the love of the cabaret-gal that sings there.

The Port of the Seven Sins

1951

The Hex 2: Messengers of Hell poster
5.4

Raul Araiza's chilling Spanish-language supernatural thriller tells the tale of two powerful beings, one good and one evil incarnate, fighting for control of Earth--and of a beautiful woman.

The Hex 2: Messengers of Hell

1986

Felipe de Jesús poster
6.7

Biography of the first Catholic Saint to be born in Mexico.

Felipe de Jesús

1949

The Cockfighter poster
6.0

In Michoacan in the 1920s, Gabriel, a young farmer and champion cockfighter, finds himself in violent opposition to Roman, who not only wants to beat Gabriel's fighting cock, but to steal Gabriel's wife Rosa.

The Cockfighter

1948

Story of a Great Love poster
6.7

Manuel leaves town leaving Soledad in deep sadness. After several years of absence, the young man returns to find Soledad married to Antonio. However, the woman continues to be in love with him and both are determined to consummate their love.

Story of a Great Love

1942

The Coward poster
6.7

A stranded ship. A man and two boys go to its rescue - uncle Arturo and his two nephews. The ship is empty, except for a little girl - the only survivor.

The Coward

1953

Otra primavera poster
6.1

His wife dies and now he's free to marry his mistress and adopt their children officially. How will this play out?

Otra primavera

1950

Crimen en la alcoba poster
5.8

A man's on trial for murder; a friend who could prove his innocence chooses not to come forward. An interested detective starts working to discover the how-come of all of that.

Crimen en la alcoba

1946

Girls in Uniform poster
5.5

Orphan Manuela's passionate crush on her teacher Lucila scandalizes their all-girl Catholic school.

Girls in Uniform

1951

Orquídeas para mi esposa poster
6.6

No synopsis available yet.

Orquídeas para mi esposa

1954

The Pharaoh's Court poster
6.2

The wise men of the kingdom interpret a dream of Pharaoh and decide that Putifar, a victorious general, should marry Lota, a virginal slave.

The Pharaoh's Court

1944

A Doll's House poster
5.3

Adaptation of the play by Henrik Ibsen. Mexican version of " A Doll's House." A spendthrift wife hides from her banker husband that she is in debt to a dishonorable employee her husband has fired.

A Doll's House

1954