Miguel Contreras Torres (September 28, 1899 – June 5, 1981) was a Mexican-born actor,

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and

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Selected filmography

Director

* ''

Juárez y Maximiliano ''Juarez'' or ''Juarez and Maximilian'' (Spanish: ''Juárez y Maximiliano'') is a 1934 Mexican historical drama film directed by Miguel Contreras Torres and Raphael J. Sevilla. The film is set during the French intervention in Mexico during t ...

'' (1934) * '' No te engañes corazón'' (1936) * ''

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'' (1937) * '' The Mad Empress'' (1939) * ''

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'' (1942) * '' 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

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in the title role * ''

Under the Sky of Spain ''Under the Sky of Spain'' (Spanish:''Bajo el cielo de España'') is a 1953 Mexican-Spanish drama film directed by Miguel Contreras Torres and starring Gustavo Rojo and Marisa de Leza.Riera p.1951 Cast References Bibliography * Emilio Garc ...

'' (1953) * ''

Tehuantepec Tehuantepec (, in full, Santo Domingo Tehuantepec) is a city and municipality in the southeast of the Mexican state of Oaxaca. It is part of the Tehuantepec District in the west of the Istmo Region. The area was important in pre Hispanic period ...

'' (1954)

Producer

* '' Madman and Vagabond'' (1946)

Bibliography

* Noble, Andrea. ''Mexican National Cinema''. Routledge, 2005.

External links

* 1899 births 1981 deaths Mexican film directors Mexican male film actors Mexican film producers People from Morelia Male actors from Michoacán Writers from Michoacán 20th-century Mexican screenwriters 20th-century Mexican male writers {{Mexico-film-actor-stub