María Socas

Acting

María Socas

Born

1959-08-12 (67)

Place of birth

Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Known for

Acting

Credits

33 titles

María Antonia Socas Ortiz Lanús is an Argentine actress. Although active in various media in her native country, particularly telenovelas and stage, she is foremost known to international viewers for a number of mid-1980s sword and sorcery films produced by Roger Corman and Héctor Olivera, most notably as one of the title characters in John C. Broderick's The Warrior and the Sorceress.

Known for

Film credits

2000s · 7 titles

Kamchatka poster
6.7

In 1976, Argentina fell into the hands of a de facto government. Thousands of citizens are persecuted and kidnapped. This is the case of the parents of two children, who, knowing they are wanted, decide to hide.

Kamchatka

2002

No artwork available
NR

A pair of friends arrive in a small town to perform an unwritten play, and while they write it, they develop relationships with some of the locals. The film aims to be a tribute, somewhere between humorous and pathetic, to the itinerant profession.

Ese mismo loco afán

2007

No artwork available
10.0

A failed writer, a former war chronicler, living abroad travels to Traslasierra, a place in the province of Córdoba, following the trail of a missing rock idol.

El jardín primitivo

2003

The Hands poster
6.1

The priest Mario Pantaleo discovers he has some power to diagnose and cure diseases through the laying on of hands. But the police and the church hierarchy will against him.

The Hands

2006

Sin intervalo poster
9.0

A retired movie star decides one day, without explaining why, to reunite with his family, with whom he no longer maintains a close relationship. This experimental film was created through improvisational exercises by the actors, who followed the guidelines for their respective characters provided by the director.

Sin intervalo

2002

El regreso poster
10.0

Baigorria, an ex-policeman, returns to his town after a year to take revenge on Reyes, an ex-partner who betrayed him.

El regreso

2003

La entrega poster
9.0

A wave of anonymous attacks will capriciously unite the stories, leading them towards an inexorable end.

La entrega

2002

1980s · 10 titles

Deathstalker II: Duel of the Titans poster
5.7

Deathstalker helps Reena the Seer out of a few jams, and she solicits his help for a bigger task. She reveals that she is actually Princess Evie, but the evil sorcerer had her abducted and cloned in order to seize control of the kingdom. Together they travel to the evil sorcerer's stronghold to restore the princess to her rightful position, encountering challenges along the way both from the sorcerer's goons and the fierce Amazon women.

Deathstalker II: Duel of the Titans

1987

The Warrior and the Sorceress poster
4.4

The mighty warrior, Kain, crosses the barren wastelands of the planet Ura, where two arch enemies, Zeg and the evil degenerate Balcaz, fight incessantly for control of the village's only well. Kain sees his opportunity and announces that his sword is for hire... but his eyes stay clearly on the beautiful captive sorceress Naja, and his newly awakened purpose.

The Warrior and the Sorceress

1984

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

Soldier's Revenge poster
5.5

Frank Morgan risked his life for his country in the Vietnam War, but when he came home, no hero's welcome awaited him; instead he was branded a traitor. Nonetheless, he's about to make one more trip into hell to save the woman he loves and preserve her war-torn country.

Soldier's Revenge

1986

Hollywood Boulevard II poster
4.4

A studio finds itself in the middle of a bizarre murder mystery when an exploding teddy bear kills the latest star. Soon more actresses get violently eliminated as the desperate search for the killer begins.

Hollywood Boulevard II

1989

Funny Dirty Little War poster
6.7

A small revolution breaks out in a small Argentine town, as one group of Peronists calls they newly elected peronist a communist. The newly elected official enlists the aid of allies ranging from the town drunk to young peronists to help hold his post. What follows is a slapstick war with a serious message.

Funny Dirty Little War

1983

Color escondido poster
4.5

Dreams and reality mix-up in the life of a middle class woman in his 20s who is depressed and distressed.

Color escondido

1988

The Children of the War poster
5.5

Based on the lives of four boys, all of different social classes and psychological makeup, this film tries to reflect through them the political history of Argentina during the years leading up to the Malvinas War.

The Children of the War

1984

La clínica del Dr. Cureta poster
5.6

An unscrupulous doctor carries out all kinds of deceptions to profit from his clinic at the expense of his patients and his exploited employees.

La clínica del Dr. Cureta

1987

Sobredosis poster
5.0

An innocent teenager, the son of dysfunctional parents, descends into the abyss of drug addiction.

Sobredosis

1986

Series credits

Mujeres de nadie poster
3.2

Mujeres de nadie (Nobody's Women) is an Argentine telenovela produced by Pol-ka and broadcast by El Trece from May 10, 2007, to November 17, 2008

Mujeres de nadie

2007

Killer Women poster
6.0

Anthology series, in which every episode introduces fictionalized versions of real cases about women who, for different reasons, ended up committing murder.

Killer Women

2005

Tiempo final poster
5.4

No synopsis available yet.

Tiempo final

2000

Atreverse poster
6.5

No synopsis available yet.

Atreverse

1990

Milady, la historia continúa poster
4.5

No synopsis available yet.

Milady, la historia continúa

1997

Amándote poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Amándote

1988

No artwork available
NR

When Jan van Velsen becomes the Dutch ambassador in Argentina, he gets reacquainted with his former lover Gwen Copeland, now the Canadian ambassador. Many dealings take place at the exclusive Pampaclub.

Foreign Affairs

1993

El maestro poster
8.0

El Maestro is an Argentine miniseries co-produced by Pol-ka Productions, Turner Broadcasting System, eltrece and Cablevisión, which is broadcast by TNT, since September 13, 2017. It stars Julio Chávez, in the role of Prat, a former classical dance dancer who knew how to be a world figure.

El maestro

2017

Hermanos y detectives poster
8.3

An administrative police officer, Franco Montero, receives as an inheritance the care of a half-brother that he did not know. Lorenzo Montero, a child prodigy with an IQ of 200 who changes his way of life and his work. The eleven-year-old's intelligence puts Franco and his assistant Gustavo Mansilla in charge of the homicide division. By deducing and exploring the three, they solve the most striking cases.

Hermanos y detectives

2006

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Santos y pecadores

2013

Grecia poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Grecia

1987