Eduardo Arozamena

Acting

Eduardo Arozamena

Born — Died

1877-10-17 — 1951-05-21

Place of birth

Mexico, D.F., Mexico

Known for

Acting

Credits

65 titles

Eduardo Arozamena was born on October 17, 1877 in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico. He was an actor and director, known for Drácula (1931), Enamorada (1946) andRío Escondido (1948). He died in 1951 in Mexico City. He was the father of actress Amparo Arozamena.

Known for

The Unknown Policeman poster
8.0

A gang of thieves has jeopardized the city and even the police, whose chief urges their forces to captured the band within 48 hours. Meanwhile, band members meet in a cafe run by a widow and her daughter and her suitor, Cantinflas, who maintains a scuffle with the robbers running all at the station. Since then, Cantinflas become a member of the police force for special missions.

The Unknown Policeman

1941

Drácula poster
6.8

A British estate agent travels to Transylvania to meet the mysterious Count Dracula, who is interested in leasing a London castle. After Dracula enslaves the agent and drives him to insanity, the pair return to London together, where Dracula, a secret bloodsucker, begins preying on socialites.

Drácula

1931

The Circus poster
7.9

A cobbler gets a job in a Circus as a janitor, recommended by the beautiful girl rider of the show. But later, he gets in trouble when he involves in dangerous acts, such as the trapeze. Obviously, our friend will risk his life by the love of his new girlfriend.

The Circus

1943

Cheri-Bibi poster
10.0

Spanish Version of MGM's "The Phantom of Paris". Chéri-Bibi is a world class escape artist, but he cannot escape the false murder charge that is placed on him.

Cheri-Bibi

1931

One Day of Life poster
6.2

A story about two men caught in the Mexican revolution: close friends before, but now on the opposite sides. One of them is military officer, while the other one expects capital punishment. The prisoner's mother comes to visit his son, unaware that his former best friend is now his enemy.

One Day of Life

1950

La soñadora poster
5.0

La soñadora ("The Dreamer") is a 1917 Mexican silent film. It features Sara García as an extra.

La soñadora

1917

Film credits

1950s · 12 titles

One Day of Life poster
6.2

A story about two men caught in the Mexican revolution: close friends before, but now on the opposite sides. One of them is military officer, while the other one expects capital punishment. The prisoner's mother comes to visit his son, unaware that his former best friend is now his enemy.

One Day of Life

1950

The Soft One poster
5.3

Charming but unreliable, Roberto has earned his nickname "El Suavecito" through his constant flirtations and the easy way he moves through life, even when it causes pain to his devoted aging mother and his beautiful neighbor Lupita, who resists his overtures in the hopes he can learn to settle down and behave. When Lupita gains a steady and honest suitor in Carlos, El Suavecito can't resist trying to foul his chances with the help of the unscrupulous gambler "El Nene"--but it all goes badly wrong. This neglected noir asks whether a morally impoverished gangster is capable of redemption.

The Soft One

1951

Duelo en las montañas poster
6.0

1910: Revolutionary leader escapes military, hides in small town, falls in love.

Duelo en las montañas

1950

The Torch poster
5.3

The story of a fear-inspiring revolutionary general who develops a passion for the daughter of a wealthy villager. It's hate at first sight so far as the girl is concerned, but this will soon change.

The Torch

1950

The Straying Rooster poster
6.5

A 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

¡… Y murío por nosotros! poster
5.2

No synopsis available yet.

¡… Y murío por nosotros!

1951

Sangre en el barrio poster
5.8

Slumlord and his daughter interfere in the lives of the proletariat for personal gratification.

Sangre en el barrio

1952

Pata de palo poster
5.8

Boy witnesses a murder, killer terrorizes and exploits him.

Pata de palo

1950

La bienamada poster
6.2

Civic-minded elementary-school teacher marries and sets up home with wife and her little brother. The-e-n...

La bienamada

1951

Yo también soy de Jalisco poster
5.2

A dizzy rich woman buys their horse, and three rubes get involved in the problems and intrigues brewing in her household.

Yo también soy de Jalisco

1950

Red Rain poster
6.2

Colonel Montero kills a man, which triggers a series of events, deaths and reprisals in 1923 Mexico. The people want revenge, and Montero will do everything possible to protect his beloved Elisa, who loves him despite his crimes.

Red Rain

1950

La negra Angustias poster
5.0

When her father dies, a young Afro-Mexican woman joins the Revolution, the way he was planning to do, and becomes the leader of a Zapatista battalion.

La negra Angustias

1950

1940s · 39 titles

The Unknown Policeman poster
8.0

A gang of thieves has jeopardized the city and even the police, whose chief urges their forces to captured the band within 48 hours. Meanwhile, band members meet in a cafe run by a widow and her daughter and her suitor, Cantinflas, who maintains a scuffle with the robbers running all at the station. Since then, Cantinflas become a member of the police force for special missions.

The Unknown Policeman

1941

The Circus poster
7.9

A cobbler gets a job in a Circus as a janitor, recommended by the beautiful girl rider of the show. But later, he gets in trouble when he involves in dangerous acts, such as the trapeze. Obviously, our friend will risk his life by the love of his new girlfriend.

The Circus

1943

The Woman I Lost poster
7.9

A political revolutionary fights against injustice, his adoring wife by his side. But only in her death does he realize the depth of her love for him and their country. A dramatic romance from the 23 film library of the most iconic classic Mexican film and recording star, Pedro Infante.

The Woman I Lost

1949

Yo maté a Juan Charrasqueado poster
6.0

Everybody at the ranch adjacent to Juan C.'s has a reason to hate him, because he's a bad bad man.

Yo maté a Juan Charrasqueado

1949

Con su amable permiso poster
6.0

Unassuming elderly gent is installed as Mayor, by a cabal of financiers that expect to use him as a cat's paw.

Con su amable permiso

1940

La casa de la Troya poster
6.8

Adaptation of the novel by Alejandro Pérez Lujín, centered on the university adventures in Santiago de Compostela of Gerardo Roquer from Madrid, who stays in a boarding house known as "La Casa de la Troya".

La casa de la Troya

1948

Reina de reinas: La Virgen María poster
6.0

Standard retelling of the the Gospels, with a brief epilogue about the death of Mary.

Reina de reinas: La Virgen María

1948

Enamorada poster
7.8

In Mexican Revolution times, a guerrilla general and his troops take the conservative town of Cholula, near by Mexico City. As the revolutionaries mistreat the town's riches, General Reyes falls for beautiful and wild Beatriz Peñafiel, the daughter of one of the town's richest men.

Enamorada

1946

¡Mexicanos al Grito de Guerra! poster
6.0

In times of the French Intervention, a student of Nunó, author of the Mexican National Anthem, falls in love with the niece of the French Ambassador, which causes quite amusing complications.

¡Mexicanos al Grito de Guerra!

1943

You’re Missing the Point poster
8.2

Cantinflas, the boyfriend of the servant of a rich industrial man, gets into the house in order to kill a mad dog. Suddenly this man appears so the servant tells him that Cantinflas is his wife's brother (Leonardo), who had been lost for years. The rich man then remembers that his father in law's testament could only be paid when all brothers get together, so treats Cantinflas, a real bum, as a king.

You’re Missing the Point

1940

The Underdogs poster
6.3

During the Mexican Revolution, the people tired of living in poverty and enduring the atrocities committed by the federals, decide to follow one of their own, General Demetrio Macias, a thief with tricks he learned in jail and who along with "La Pintada" decides to take his people to victory. Led by Captain Anastacio Montañez, the newly formed army fight and honor their code at the same time as they loot houses to spread the wealth.

The Underdogs

1940

Mary Magdalene, Sinner of Magdala poster
6.0

The story of Mary Magdalene from being a sinner to follow Jesus Christ.

Mary Magdalene, Sinner of Magdala

1946

Hidden River poster
6.2

Called by the Mexican President himself, a rural teacher goes to work in a village that is dominated by a malevolent chieftain.

Hidden River

1948

La vorágine: abismos de amor poster
6.5

It narrates the adventures of the poet Arturo Cova and his lover Alicia, a story of passion and revenge framed in the plain lands and the Amazon jungle where the two lovers scape from society, and which exposes throughout its plot the harsh living conditions of settlers and Indians enslaved during the rubber rush.

La vorágine: abismos de amor

1949

Viva Mi Desgracia poster
6.2

After drinking a special concoction made of various types of alcohol, the once-timid Ramon (Pedro Infante) suddenly turns into a brawler and extroverted ladies' man. With his newfound confidence, Ramon attempts to win the heart of the woman (María Antonieta Pons) he loves. Full of enjoyable songs and funny scenes, this entertaining Mexican musical centers on a wealthy man who finally realizes that money can't buy him love.

Viva Mi Desgracia

1944

The Useless Life of Pito Perez poster
6.6

Episodes from the life of an alcoholic hobo.

The Useless Life of Pito Perez

1944

No artwork available
6.3

No synopsis available yet.

De Nueva York a Huipanguillo

1943

Miente y serás feliz poster
5.0

A Spanish, Juan, is obsessed with telling the truth always. As a result he is consistently in the middle of troubles...

Miente y serás feliz

1940

El que tenga un amor poster
6.6

Victor 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

Maclovia poster
6.8

On a small Mexican island dwells a group of Indians who live in the traditional manner and who disdain outsiders. The beautiful Maclovia and the poverty-stricken Jose Maria are in love, but her father refuses to allow their marriage, or even any communication between them, due to Jose Maria's lack of means.

Maclovia

1948

No artwork available
7.0

Emilio Fernandez directs Dolores Del Rio and Pedro Armendariz in a classic tale of family and obsession. Raimunda's daughter Acacia hates her stepfather Esteban, and in order to escape her suffocating home life she's accepted a marriage proposal from a man she doesn't even love. But Esteban has become obsessed with Acacia, and in order to ensure that she doesn't leave he's plotting to murder the girl's unsuspecting fiancée. As Esteban's true nature emerges, mother and daughter must band together to support one another and make sure that their family bond remains strong even in the darkest of times.

The Unloved Woman

1949

Caminito alegre poster
5.4

An elderly homeless man is welcomed into an Old Folks' Home and becomes acquainted with the dramas of several of his companions.

Caminito alegre

1944

No artwork available
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

Felipe Derblay, el herrero

1944

Doña Bárbara poster
7.1

A woman hardened by her past now runs a ranch she acquired through manipulation and bribery.

Doña Bárbara

1943

Las cinco advertencias de Satanás poster
4.2

Satan plays a trick on two roues, telling them five things that are predestined to happen to them, but leaving out some crucial details. Then he sits back and laughs as they struggle against their preordained situations.

Las cinco advertencias de Satanás

1945

Wild Flower poster
6.6

The film features Fernandez himself as a character named Rogellio Torres. The lion's share of the footage, however, is devoted to the romance between Esperanza, granddaughter of a common laborer, and Jose Luis Castro, the firebrand son of a landowner. Joining a revolutionary movements, Castro is disowned by his father, but Esperanza remains loyally by his side. Later on, Castro's father is killed by outlaws; in seeking vengeance, he sacrifices his own life, while Esperanza carries on his revolutionary work with their young son in tow.

Wild Flower

1943

Café de chinos poster
5.8

Naive Chinese immigrant has feelings for a young woman of loose morals whom he hires at his restaurant.

Café de chinos

1949

El milagro de Cristo poster
5.8

A 1941 Mexican film.

El milagro de Cristo

1941

Bartolo toca la flauta poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

Bartolo toca la flauta

1945

Canaima poster
6.1

Marcos Vargas returns home to Ciudad Bolívar after finishing his studies in Trinidad. There he decides to start a business transporting merchandise to the interior of the jungle. A local chieftain will not make things easy for him.

Canaima

1945

Así son ellas poster
5.7

No synopsis available yet.

Así son ellas

1944

Morenita clara poster
5.7

Priest nags a crusty old man into reconciling with his daughter-in-law and granddaughter after the death of his son.

Morenita clara

1943

Así se quiere en Jalisco poster
7.5

Because of a debt, Lupe is forced to work as a housekeeper for Luis, a ranch owner who is madly in love with her. However, Luis’s feelings are not reciprocated because Lupe is in love with Juan Ramón.

Así se quiere en Jalisco

1942

The Mexican poster
6.0

Felipe Rivera is a mysterious, dedicated young Mexican revolutionary living in exile in Los Angeles. To fund the revolution against Porfirio Díaz, Rivera fights in rigged boxing matches, using his immense, revenge-fueled determination to triumph and purchase weapons for the cause.

The Mexican

1944

Flor de durazno poster
5.5

City slicker scams on young farmgirl while her fiance's in USA on a work permit.

Flor de durazno

1945

Flor de caña poster
6.8

Rural-community gal is being courted by a peon and by a land-owner.

Flor de caña

1948

Rancho de mis recuerdos poster
6.2

No synopsis available yet.

Rancho de mis recuerdos

1946

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

El muchacho alegre poster
5.3

Boisterous young charro has to prove to his girlfriend's parents that he's ready to settle down and be a responsible adult... but then somebody frames him for a murder and he has more immediate problems to deal with.

El muchacho alegre

1948

1930s · 8 titles

Behind the camera