Gilberto Martínez Solares

Directing

Gilberto Martínez Solares

Born 1906-01-19 · Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico

Mexican actor, cinematographer, director and screenwriter.

Acting credits

Pasajeros en Transito poster
6.3

A brave group of Mexicans embark on a risky mission to rescue a wounded guerrilla in Bolivia. This guerrilla, hoping to return to Mexico, is currently in the hands of friends who protect him and anxiously await the arrival of rescuers.

Pasajeros en Transito

1978

Mystery in the Bermuda Triangle poster
6.2

Beautiful Silvia and Sandra disappear mysteriously at the Bermuda Triangle. Santo, Blue Demon and Mil Mascaras, a team of super-heroes, go into action to try to find them. Soon they find out that evil Scientist Dr. Gro has developed a device to make people and objects to disappear blaming the famous vanishings of ships, airplanes and human beings on Mother Nature. Cast: Santo el Enmascarado de Plata, Blue Demon, Mil Mascaras, Silvia Manrquez and, Sandra Duarte

Mystery in the Bermuda Triangle

1979

Crimes of Passion poster
6.5

Gabriel, a mentally unstable actor, upon release from asylum falls for aspiring actress Julieta, and tries to help her win film roles – only, she doesn’t fancy him one bit, and merely uses his connections for bettering her career. Her best friend Letícia, also an aspiring actress, uses a friend’s uncle – a senator, to further her ambition. Both their interests clash at some point – crime ensues.

Crimes of Passion

1995

Cuartelazo poster
6.3

Narration of one of the bloodiest episodes of the Mexican national history, The Tragic Ten, beginning when General Victoriano Huerta sent to kill President Francisco I. Madero, Vice President José María Pino Suárez and Senator Belisario Dominguez. The film recreates the moment of the execution at the hands of Huerta and his accomplices Bernardo Reyes, Félix Díaz and Manuel Mondragón.

Cuartelazo

1977

¡Sálvame! Una luz en la oscuridad poster
5.8

Ricardo has lived life on the edge after the untimely death of his grandfather. Alcohol & drugs consume him and hopes to avenge his grandfather's death someday. Ricardo longs to be saved from his darkened days and is also pursuing a career in singing.

¡Sálvame! Una luz en la oscuridad

1996

Behind the camera

El ciclón poster
5.6

Cowboy revenge-drama, paired with a love triangle between two Mexican fellers and a rather unpleasant gringa.

El ciclón

1959

Vuelta al paraíso poster
6.0

All men who arrive on a small island fall in love with the daughters of an old fisherman who live there.

Vuelta al paraíso

1960

Vuelta al paraíso poster
6.0

All men who arrive on a small island fall in love with the daughters of an old fisherman who live there.

Vuelta al paraíso

1960

Dios los cría poster
6.0

Mrs. Nínive Cánovas Cannesi (Marshall) comes back from a long tour visiting Europe and not even realizes that her house is being inhabited by two jobless and homeless bandits (Tin Tán and Tun Tún) with master keys who had been living there worry free. They all share the house for a period of time, unknowingly to each other, in a series of well crafted and perfectly timed scenes where Catita and Tin Tán can be in the same room without seeing each other... When Tin Tán notices her presence, poses as the help, intercepting the real employees and sending to the north pole, literally. So now that Catita has them at her service, she can take time for her real goal, the foundation of a House for old people so they can live happy until the day they die, but Tin Tán and Tun Tún keep getting in her way and complicating everything...

Dios los cría

1953

Ángel del silencio poster
6.0

Handicapped day-laborer crushes out on a ranchera singer, then has a chance to save her from ruffians. After that, he becomes a ward/employee of a Catholic orphanage and trains for lucha libre competition with an aging wrestler who mentors him.

Ángel del silencio

1979

Las tarántulas poster
5.5

From the 'Chanoc' series of comic-book adaptations: Chanoc and his entourage face off against a jewel thief who has eyes on a shipwrecked treasure lying off the coast.

Las tarántulas

1973

Satanic Pandemonium poster
6.5

Sister Maria is known in the convent for her good works and charity, but, in the secret depths of her sexual fantasies, she is tormented by visions of another world - a world where her forbidden passions are allowed to run free. In this world Satan is her master. As her acts of violence and blasphemy mount, Maria realizes that she has been chosen by the Devil to destroy the convent and lead her sister nuns into hell!

Satanic Pandemonium

1975

Satanic Pandemonium poster
6.5

Sister Maria is known in the convent for her good works and charity, but, in the secret depths of her sexual fantasies, she is tormented by visions of another world - a world where her forbidden passions are allowed to run free. In this world Satan is her master. As her acts of violence and blasphemy mount, Maria realizes that she has been chosen by the Devil to destroy the convent and lead her sister nuns into hell!

Satanic Pandemonium

1975

Alazán y enamorado poster
6.3

Rom-com about two horses. And some humans.

Alazán y enamorado

1966

No artwork available
5.7

This is an early film from Director Gilberto Martinez Solares, who would go on to become better-known for his unique perspective on horror films of the 60's and 70's - like "Santanico Pademonium" "Face of the Screaming Wolf" and his own "House of Terror", (these features, in turn, would inspire future award-wining Directors such as Tarantino and Del Toro). As far as Resurreccion goes, it is a semi-historical Drama, based on Leo Tolstoy's novel also titled "Resurrection" . However, Solares' movie loosely uses the start of the 1910 to 1920 Mexican Revolution as its cornerstone, (instead of the Russian battle that Tolstoy relied on for his 1899 literary work ). It essentially documents one man's effort to find redemption for his past sins. It stars actors Emilio Tuero, Lupita Tovar, Sara Garcia and Jose Pulido, among others.

Resurrección

1943

No artwork available
5.7

This is an early film from Director Gilberto Martinez Solares, who would go on to become better-known for his unique perspective on horror films of the 60's and 70's - like "Santanico Pademonium" "Face of the Screaming Wolf" and his own "House of Terror", (these features, in turn, would inspire future award-wining Directors such as Tarantino and Del Toro). As far as Resurreccion goes, it is a semi-historical Drama, based on Leo Tolstoy's novel also titled "Resurrection" . However, Solares' movie loosely uses the start of the 1910 to 1920 Mexican Revolution as its cornerstone, (instead of the Russian battle that Tolstoy relied on for his 1899 literary work ). It essentially documents one man's effort to find redemption for his past sins. It stars actors Emilio Tuero, Lupita Tovar, Sara Garcia and Jose Pulido, among others.

Resurrección

1943

Los líos de Barba Azul poster
7.0

A news reporter falls in love with a millionaire's young daughter, but her father tells him he won't let them marry unless he earns one million Pesos first. Helped by a friend, he tries to earn the money by marrying - and murdering - four rich women.

Los líos de Barba Azul

1955

Here Come The Freeloaders poster
5.8

Authorities close down a restaurant after a violent crime is committed on the premises; the employees look for new jobs and try to track down the murderer.

Here Come The Freeloaders

1953

Here Come The Freeloaders poster
5.8

Authorities close down a restaurant after a violent crime is committed on the premises; the employees look for new jobs and try to track down the murderer.

Here Come The Freeloaders

1953

Los Perversos poster
5.7

Priest is sympathetic and understanding toward mod-era young folks and their new world-view... but he gets in trouble with a biker gang and with a young woman who crushes unhealthily on him.

Los Perversos

1967

Ojos tapatíos poster
5.7

No synopsis available yet.

Ojos tapatíos

1961

Devuélveme a mi hijo poster
6.5

No synopsis available yet.

Devuélveme a mi hijo

1996

El vecindario poster
4.4

Mexican comedian Alfonso Zayas is just one of the many folks in town who are cheating on their spouses, imagining themselves quite clever and secretive, even while unbeknownst to them their spouses are cheating on them in turn! When one of the many women with whom Zayas has a child dies tragically, he attempts to integrate his daughter into one of his other families, calling her his goddaughter. But when his son falls in love with her, the many sexual escapades around town threaten to take a disturbing turn for the worse.

El vecindario

1981

El vecindario poster
4.4

Mexican comedian Alfonso Zayas is just one of the many folks in town who are cheating on their spouses, imagining themselves quite clever and secretive, even while unbeknownst to them their spouses are cheating on them in turn! When one of the many women with whom Zayas has a child dies tragically, he attempts to integrate his daughter into one of his other families, calling her his goddaughter. But when his son falls in love with her, the many sexual escapades around town threaten to take a disturbing turn for the worse.

El vecindario

1981

Pura vida poster
5.4

Hapless Melquiades arrives in the city and embarrasses his relatives.

Pura vida

1956

Hijas casaderas poster
5.7

Mexican feature film

Hijas casaderas

1954

Okey, Mister Pancho poster
8.5

La India Maria becomes deeply embroiled in a large scale diamond heist.

Okey, Mister Pancho

1981

No artwork available
6.0

Organ grinder grooms his girlfriend as a professional singer.

El organillero

1957

El día de los albañiles poster
5.8

At the local construction site, love and drama go hand in hand. Action, comedy, drama and sex are all in the mix in this very sexy/comedy starring some of the icons of this "sexy era" of the Mexican cinema.

El día de los albañiles

1982