Miguel Contreras Torres
Director, actor, producer (1899–1981)
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Miguel Contreras Torres (September 28, 1899 – June 5, 1981) was a Mexican-born actor, screenwriter, film producer and director. He was married to Liechtensteiner-born actress Medea de Novara.
DiedJune 5, 1981 (aged 81)
Mexico City
Mexico
Mexico
OccupationsFilm actor, screenwriter, film producer, film director
Miguel Contreras Torres | |
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| Born | September 28, 1899 |
| Died | June 5, 1981 (aged 81) Mexico City Mexico |
| Occupations | Film actor, screenwriter, film producer, film director |
| Years active | 1920 - 1967 |
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From 1951 to 1979, he and his wife owned Gutenberg Castle in Balzers.[1]
Selected filmography
Director
- Juárez y Maximiliano (1934)
- No te engañes corazón (1936)
- La paloma (1937)
- The Mad Empress (1939)
- Simón Bolívar (1942)
- Father Morelos (1943)
- Lightning in the South (1943)
- María Magdalena: Pecadora de Magdala (1946)
- Pancho Villa Returns (1950)
- Vuelve Pancho Villa (1950) (alternate version of Pancho Villa Returns, but with Pedro Armendariz replacing Leo Carrillo in the title role
- Under the Sky of Spain (1953)
- Tehuantepec (1954)
Producer
- Madman and Vagabond (1946)
Bibliography
- Noble, Andrea. Mexican National Cinema. Routledge, 2005.
