
Directing
Julián Soler
Born — Died
1907-02-17 — 1977-05-05
Place of birth
Jimenez, Chihuahua, Mexico
Known for
Directing
Credits
79 titles
Julián Soler (1907–1977) was a Mexican actor and film director.
Known for
5.5Juana Doña, a communist woman; Carmen Polo, dictator Franco's wife; and Eva Duarte, President Perón's wife, the first lady of Argentina, the idolized Evita, crisscross their lives during Evita's official visit to Spain, an autarchic country isolated from the world, in June 1947. Behind the pomp of reception there is a pharaonic preparation, hidden businesses, battles in the Caudillo's court and the possibility of saving a human life.
Letter to Eva
2013
6.3Spanish refugee could only get across the border using fake documents that belonged to her brother and now she's stuck with the male identity...
Me ha besado un hombre
1944
7.0A young teacher is sent to a remote estate to educate a wealthy man who has grown up isolated from society. As she introduces him to formal education and social conventions, their contrasting views of the world lead to a series of unexpected encounters.
The Third Word
1956
5.7Magicians transfers two peoples' souls (or whatever you want to call them) into each other's bodies.
He Who Died of Love
1945
4.6Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, adapted once again.
The Man and the Beast
1973
No synopsis available yet.
El escándalo
1934
Film credits
1970s · 2 titles
1950s · 3 titles
6.0Young women in the steno-pool have to balance work, romance, and touchy-feely bosses.
Nosotras, las taquígrafas
1950
5.0No synopsis available yet.
La mafia del crimen
1958
6.7A woman looses her baby girl in a train accident but, years later, the girl's father reveals that the baby survived and was raised by him with two other daughters.
Forgotten Faces
1952
1940s · 18 titles
5.7Magicians transfers two peoples' souls (or whatever you want to call them) into each other's bodies.
He Who Died of Love
1945
6.7Journalist Luis Navarro is assigned to cover the sinking of several ships, but his investigation takes an unexpected turn after meeting Miss Morán. As he digs deeper, he realizes the case is tied to a dangerous espionage conspiracy.
Espionaje en el golfo
1943
6.2Woman faces the vicissitudes of life with her three adult children well in the background. But when the chips are down...
Mi madrecita
1940
5.8A couple in crisis receives a mysterious visit from the devil, who offers them a tempting solution to their problems-but his true intention is to claim their souls in exchange.
El diablo no es tan diablo
1949
5.7Young couple weather a marital crisis while older people who have already given up on life interfere from the sidelines.
Tormenta en la cumbre
1943
Two pen-pals decide to get married, but the groom cooks up a scheme to test his fiancee's moral fibr before they tie the knt.
Esa mujer es la mía
1942
6.0Carita finds herself forced to reject the advances of her wealthy godfather because she already has a steady boyfriend. Spurned, the godfather changes his will, stipulating that the five million pesos he leaves to his goddaughter can only be claimed once she becomes a widow. Hoping to inherit the fortune quickly, Carita marries Lázaro Bermejo, a dying indigent. However, the beggar makes a miraculous recovery and regains his health.
¡Que viene mi marido!
1940
5.8The dream of Atenodoro is to be a professor at the Faculty of Law. The students show enthusiasm for Ana, the professor’s daughter. Atenodoro resigns from his class, and the students try to make him return by pretending to be the rector and his family.
Mil estudiantes y una muchacha
1942
6.8No synopsis available yet.
El secreto de Juan Palomo
1947
6.3Lena, a beautiful and mysteriously sinister refugee haunted by her past, is chased into the arms of a rich, unsuspecting industrialist not for love, but for information.
May God Forgive Me
1948
6.6Victor must leave his life of partying and change his girlfriend, Lucero, for the bride that awaits him in his hometown.
El que tenga un amor
1942
5.8A Russian courier has to deliver a message from the Czar to the Grand Duke across enemy lines. He encounters many colorful characters along the way.
Miguel Strogoff
1944
6.7A doctor embezzles the proceeds of his Parisian clinic in order to better support the manipulative woman with whom he is having an affair. After losing all the money while gambling, he is forced to flee to an undeveloped region of India. There, he tries to mitigate the onslaught of a disease the natives term "Amok," while his past mistakes still plague him.
Amok
1944
7.1A woman hardened by her past now runs a ranch she acquired through manipulation and bribery.
Doña Bárbara
1943
7.0No synopsis available yet.
Los siete niños de Écija
1947
6.7Biopic of the revolutionary Simón Bolívar who fought to end Spanish rule over much of Latin America.
Simón Bolívar
1942
6.3The strange behavior of a woman leads her loved one to consult with a psychiatrist.
Un beso en la noche
1945
5.6The three sons of a Mexican family emigrated to USA end up fighting in WWII.
Tres hermanos
1943
1930s · 14 titles
No synopsis available yet.
El escándalo
1934
5.916th-century swashbuckler; evil nobleman usurps another man's title and properties and forces his daughter to marry a political ally. But Cruz Diablo will have revenge!
Cruz Diablo
1934
5.7No synopsis available yet.
Tu hijo
1935
6.6Mama thinks one of her sons is going into the priesthood... but he wants to join the army instead. Naughty uncle from Paris help him get out from under Mom's thumb.
Dos cadetes
1938
5.7No synopsis available yet.
Clemencia
1935
6.3No synopsis available yet.
Una mujer en venta
1934
6.3Adapted from "Le mortel baiser", a stage play by French writer Loïc Le Gouriadec (also known as Paul Gury). The story follows Cecilia, the daughter of a wealthy and conservative family, who is about to marry the son of the town's mayor. When a physician specializing in venereal diseases arrives in town, he examines Cecilia's fiancé and informs him that he is still suffering from syphilis, which has advanced significantly since he contracted it years earlier.
El beso mortal
1938
6.0A group of students enjoy crazy adventures during their vacation in Orizaba, Veracruz.
Alma jarocha (Estudiantina)
1937
6.0No synopsis available yet.
Noches de gloria
1938
5.8Professor Jiménez believes the human retina retains the image of the last thing a person sees before death. Only his student Eduardo stands by him in the face of widespread mockery. Together they will try and prove the professors theory but fate has a unpleasant way of helping them do this.
The Dead Speak
1935
6.7Alberto is born in wartime, where his father dies a hero. He grows up effeminate. His mother sends him to military college where Fernando bullies him, but they become friends. When war comes, he has to face his fears.
El cobarde
1939
4.0The Dressel family owns a prosperous hardware store in the city. The business is managed by Mrs. Dressel, a strict widow who has two sons: Federico and Rodolfo. Federico falls in love with the singer Magdalena and marries her against Frau Dressel’s wishes, as she wants her heir to marry a German woman. The young couple must face constant harassment from Frau Dressel and an accusation of adultery.
The Dressel Family
1935
5.7No synopsis available yet.
Mater nostra
1936
Based on the Spanish play "El caudal de los hijos" by José López Pinillos. Francisca, the daughter of a provincial gentleman in Valencia, falls in love with Miguel, a young sculptor. When Miguel leaves for Paris to complete his studies, the lovers promise to wait for each other. During Miguel's absence, however, the Duke of Montesino calls on Francisca's father and asks for her hand in marriage. Her father, pressed for money because of gambling debts, agrees to the match.
Los hijos mandan
1939
Series credits
Behind the camera
6.3Spanish refugee could only get across the border using fake documents that belonged to her brother and now she's stuck with the male identity...
Me ha besado un hombre
1944
7.0A young teacher is sent to a remote estate to educate a wealthy man who has grown up isolated from society. As she introduces him to formal education and social conventions, their contrasting views of the world lead to a series of unexpected encounters.
The Third Word
1956
4.6Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, adapted once again.
The Man and the Beast
1973
6.0A USA girl decides to vacation in Mexico and experience first hand all the stereotypical scenes she's seen in movies. When she gets there, everything isn't all charros and bandidos, though -- surprise, surprise!
Una gringuita en México
1951
6.0A widow remarries... and then her missing-presumed-dead first husband reappears.
Los amores de una viuda
1949
5.8A couple in crisis receives a mysterious visit from the devil, who offers them a tempting solution to their problems-but his true intention is to claim their souls in exchange.
El diablo no es tan diablo
1949
6.0Out-of-work actor and his burglar pal get jobs at an agency that pledges to do things the client doesn't want to deal with. Meanwhile, their boss is being stalked by seven Italian brothers who want revenge for something that happened to their great great grandfather.
Si usted no puede, yo sí
1951
5.7A couple are forced to stay in a scary castle, and the castle is filled with monsters!
Castle of the Monsters
1958
5.4Young woman falls in love with a cub reporter who's investigating the illegal activities of her father. Then there's secret marriages and secret murders and secret babies and... family melodrama in full flower.
Secreto de confesión
1971
5.7No synopsis available yet.
Tía Candela
1948
5.7No synopsis available yet.
Tía Candela
1948
6.0In Mexico, an American tourist meets and falls in love with a young Mexican doctor.
Me quiero casar
1967
6.3Post-adolescent romance; the dude and the chick both tried to impress each other by pretending to come from rich families, and eventually they'll both have to fess up. Also other complications.
La alegría de vivir
1965
5.7Young couple weather a marital crisis while older people who have already given up on life interfere from the sidelines.
Tormenta en la cumbre
1943
6.5Before the Spanish Conquest, an Aztec princess does the Romeo and Juliet thing with the Prince of a neighboring tribe. Sixty years later, a colonized subject has visions of the Virgin Mary.
Miracle Roses
1960
5.4White-collar criminals conspire to prevent a shmuck from collecting an inheritance.
Si yo fuera millonario
1962
No synopsis available yet.
El soplador de vidrio
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6.4Four guys share an apartment while attending art-school.
Lanza tus penas al viento
1966
6.4José, a driver, and Laura, a dancer, were lovers. José couldn't dance with Laura due to his condition on his legs. Therefore, a man notices Laura's skill to dance and wants to do business with her, taking her on a dancing tour, which made José and Laura miss each other.
Laura's Sin
1949
6.5No synopsis available yet.
Romeo contra Julieta
1968
6.5Mexican feature film
Aladdin and the Marvelous Lamp
1958
6.7Mexican movie
Matrimonio sintético
1948
6.7Mexican movie
Matrimonio sintético
1948
6.0A mute fisherman helps another whose boat capsizes, he dies and leaves behind a girl whom he raises as his own daughter.
There are not Crosses in the Sea
1968
6.0A mute fisherman helps another whose boat capsizes, he dies and leaves behind a girl whom he raises as his own daughter.
There are not Crosses in the Sea
1968
6.0No synopsis available yet.
Se le pasó la mano
1952
7.0Federico announces that his dream is to become a great singer; his father does not take it well and gradually distances himself from him. Federico is forced to leave his beautiful home after being accused of theft.
When Children are Gone
1969
6.3Convicted on flimsy evidence of complicity in a jewel robbery, there's nothing he can do afterward to put his life in order. Downward spiral.
Eterna agonía
1949
6.3Convicted on flimsy evidence of complicity in a jewel robbery, there's nothing he can do afterward to put his life in order. Downward spiral.
Eterna agonía
1949
6.0Melodrama involving a young woman returning to Mexico from abroad after a failed romance and dealing with an unwanted pregnancy and a meddling Aunt.
Stolen Tears
1954
6.5A wealthy sculptor takes in a thief as a servant on her ranch, hoping to reshape him, but their situation is disrupted when she discovers a major robbery has taken place on her estate.
The Straying Rooster
1952
6.7Dr. Pablo, something womanizer, going to marry with Mini and cheats África, singer and his lover, telling her to wait while she is on tour in Cuba. With her, he poses as a friend industrial, Ricardo and his intention is not to see her again. While Africa is out he marries Mini, which proves to be terribly jealous. Complications ensue when Africa returns to Mexico and start searching for the fake Richard. By chance a friend of Mini will be in a beauty salon and this ensures she can take to "Ricardo" because is "a friend of her husband". A typical sitcom with a blistering pace.
La miel se fue de la luna
1952
6.0"Problem drama" examining the pros and cons of euthanasia.
Mi madre es Culpable
1960
Missing-presumed-dead wife reappears after husband has remarried.
Dos esposas en mi cama
1970
6.0Eight shipwrecked men do the Robinson Crusoe thing on an uninhabited island... and then they're joined by an aviatrix whose plane conks out in their airspace.
Ocho hombres y una mujer
1946
5.8The Galician Candida has a bakery in front of the butcher Robustito, who constantly berates although children of both Aurora and Rodolfo are in love. In the neighborhood where they live, the neighbors prepared a joke to the galician girl. She gets angry Robustito hard time believing him guilty of what happened.
Una gallega en México
1949
5.6Orphan girl has a secret benefactor. When she's old enough to leave the orphanage and enter the real world, she's determined to track him down. Also: having a first boyfriend, yippee!
Confesiones de una adolescente
1970
6.0In a New York hospital, a man is cured of heroin addiction after a grueling three-month treatment. Although no longer an addict, he has complete amnesia: the only clues to his past are an expensive ring he was wearing when admitted, and a book of matches from a Puerto Rican nightclub. He pawns the ring and buys clandestine passage on a boat to Puerto Rico in search of his identity.
Cuando acaba la noche
1964
5.5Itinerant cowboy learns that his horse can talk. Horse ends up giving him singing-lessons... and...
Un par de sinvergüenzas
1964
6.0Daniel, the leader of a criminal youth gang, views new guy Victor first as a threat, then as possible addition to his gang. When Victor refuses, but sets his eyes on Daniel's Sister Nancy, Daniel orders her to get close to Victor so she can persuade him to join the gang. Daniel does not expect that instead the relationship with Victor makes Nancy longing for a life without crime. A juvenile-delinquent-crime-musical!
The Age of Violence
1964



