Héctor Olivera

Directing

Héctor Olivera

Born 1931-04-05 · Olivos, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Hector Olivera is a renowned Argentinian producer and director. His career was particularly successful during the end of the 70s and the 80s.

Acting credits

Behind the camera

Amazons poster
4.4

An epic from the dark ages about the legendary lost tribe of warrior women! The girls fly into danger, come up against fierce tribes, fall prey to sorcery, put to rest a family rivalry of centuries past and battle to victory!

Amazons

1986

The Boss poster
6.2

The head of a criminal gang has all the power among his men until one decides to testify against him.

The Boss

1958

Barbarian Queen poster
4.4

Set during the days of the Roman Empire. A simple village is raided by Roman troops, and most of the people are whisked off to be slaves or killed. Three women survive and set off to liberate their people. When they arrive at the Roman city, they team up with the local underground to seek vengeance and liberation of the slaves.

Barbarian Queen

1985

Night of the Pencils poster
7.0

The Night of the Pencils was a series of kidnappings and forced disappearances, followed by the torture, rape, and murder of a number of young students during the last Argentine dictatorship (known as the National Reorganization Process). The kidnappings took place over the course of several days beginning on September 16, 1976.

Night of the Pencils

1986

Night of the Pencils poster
7.0

The Night of the Pencils was a series of kidnappings and forced disappearances, followed by the torture, rape, and murder of a number of young students during the last Argentine dictatorship (known as the National Reorganization Process). The kidnappings took place over the course of several days beginning on September 16, 1976.

Night of the Pencils

1986

The Slowness poster
7.1

A typical office employee decides one day rebelling against its routine and not going to work because it has a "lazy". His family, friends and colleagues are trying to dissuade him unsuccessfully at the beginning. But as time passed his situation complicated emotional and economically. These circumstances thwart his rebelliousness.

The Slowness

1969

Las venganzas de Beto Sánchez poster
3.9

When his father dies in a hospital, Beto decides to take revenge on all the people he blames for his bad luck in life.

Las venganzas de Beto Sánchez

1973

Sweet Money poster
6.9

A 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

Wizards of the Lost Kingdom poster
3.2

Simon, son of the king, must flee when the empire is overthrown by the evil Shurka. Schooled in the arts of magic, he must find the Ring of Magic and the Sword of Power and defeat the wizard who killed his father. He is joined in his quest by the swordmaster Kor, his faithful protector Gulfax, and the Forest Wizard Hurla.

Wizards of the Lost Kingdom

1985

Argentinísima poster
7.5

Consists of musical performances, mostly Argentine folklore, many of which are accompanied by dancing. Several sequences were filmed in scenic locations throughout the country.

Argentinísima

1972

Stormquest poster
3.6

In a world where women rule and men are meant only for breeding purposes, two women start a revolt against the system when they begin to believe that the men are treated poorly.

Stormquest

1988

Open Day and Night poster
6.6

A motel that is open all day specializes in beautiful women, and a couple of men decide to visit their rooms.

Open Day and Night

1981

Love's Successes poster
6.5

Leonor Capulletti and Quique Monteschi, fanatics of the same club, love each other in a passionate as well as conflictive courtship, because their respective families are allied in opposing and irreconcilable factions.

Love's Successes

1979

Rebellion in Patagonia poster
7.6

In 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

Rebellion in Patagonia poster
7.6

In 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

Rebellion in Patagonia poster
7.6

In 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

Ay, Juancito poster
4.8

A film about the life of Juan Ramón Duarte, Evita's only brother. His ascent, his excesses, and his demise, in the times of Juan Domingo Perón.

Ay, Juancito

2004

Ay, Juancito poster
4.8

A film about the life of Juan Ramón Duarte, Evita's only brother. His ascent, his excesses, and his demise, in the times of Juan Domingo Perón.

Ay, Juancito

2004

Ay, Juancito poster
4.8

A film about the life of Juan Ramón Duarte, Evita's only brother. His ascent, his excesses, and his demise, in the times of Juan Domingo Perón.

Ay, Juancito

2004

La gran ruta poster
6.0

A group of boys decides to rob a hotel accommodation for seeking advice which an old offender. In parallel, we see different couples as they arrive at the same hotel and that there be at the time of the assault.

La gran ruta

1971

No Exit poster
4.8

The Valet enters a hotel room with Joseph Garcin in tow. The windowless room has a single entrance and no mirrors. Two women, Inès Serrano and Estelle Rigault, are then led in; afterwards, the Valet leaves and locks the door. Realising that they are in hell, the trio expects to be tortured; however, no torturer is forthcoming. While waiting, they strike up a conversation and discuss each other's sins, desires, and unpleasant memories. Adaptation of the play by Jean-Paul Sartre.

No Exit

1962

Discotheque of love poster
6.5

Music execs find out their songs are being pirated, so a detective and his assistant are hired to catch the culprits.

Discotheque of love

1980

Que sea rock poster
NR

A look into Argentina's rock scene post-Cromañon's tragedy. It does not just present the most popular songs by soloists and bands featured in the film, but it goes backstage and shows the artists’ private world, how they write their music, where they live, how they became what they are and what their dreams are.

Que sea rock

2006

Cocaine Wars poster
4.5

Miami 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