Carlos F. Borcosque

Carlos Francisco Borcosque Sánchez (Valparaíso, Chile; September 9, 1894 - Buenos Aires, Argentina; September 5, 1965), better known as Carlos Borcosque, was a Chilean film director and screenwriter who lived in Argentina, where he made the most of his artistic activity. He was also a journalist and an aviation enthusiast.

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I Knew That Woman (1942)

The misadventures of a singer accused of murder are remembered by different people.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Carlos F. Borcosque
CAST:  Libertad Lamarque  •  Agustín Irusta  •  Elsa O'Connor  •  Elvira Quiroga

The misadventures of a singer accused of murder are remembered by different people.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Carlos F. Borcosque
CAST:  Libertad Lamarque  •  Agustín Irusta  •  Elsa O'Connor  •  Elvira Quiroga

Corazón (1947)

A 1947 film.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Carlos F. Borcosque
CAST:  Narciso Ibáñez Menta  •  Juan Carlos Barbieri  •  Salvador Lotito  •  Marcos Zucker

A 1947 film.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Carlos F. Borcosque
CAST:  Narciso Ibáñez Menta  •  Juan Carlos Barbieri  •  Salvador Lotito  •  Marcos Zucker

Nosotros los muchachos (1940)

Three displaced children hitchhike to Buenos Aires, where they get involved in street-crime and heavier stuff. Positive-role-model adults offer a balance to those negative influences.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Carlos F. Borcosque
CAST:  Ana Arneodo  •  Daniel Belluscio  •  Armando Bó  •  Sebastián Chiola

Three displaced children hitchhike to Buenos Aires, where they get involved in street-crime and heavier stuff. Positive-role-model adults offer a balance to those negative influences.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Carlos F. Borcosque
CAST:  Ana Arneodo  •  Daniel Belluscio  •  Armando Bó  •  Sebastián Chiola

Una vez en la vida (1941)

A woman helps a man escape from the police and ends up falling in love with him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Carlos F. Borcosque
CAST:  Luis Aldás  •  Ana Arneodo  •  Rachel Bérendt  •  Alba Castellanos

A woman helps a man escape from the police and ends up falling in love with him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Carlos F. Borcosque
CAST:  Luis Aldás  •  Ana Arneodo  •  Rachel Bérendt  •  Alba Castellanos

Bitter Truth (1945)

A very modest employee exchanges her newborn child with the baby of a wealthy family. However, years later, when the young man is about to graduate as a doctor, he begins to investigate his hidden past.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Carlos F. Borcosque
CAST:  Carlos Cores  •  María Teresa Squella  •  Chela Bon  •  Hernán de Castro

A very modest employee exchanges her newborn child with the baby of a wealthy family. However, years later, when the young man is about to graduate as a doctor, he begins to investigate his hidden past.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Carlos F. Borcosque
CAST:  Carlos Cores  •  María Teresa Squella  •  Chela Bon  •  Hernán de Castro

Las aventuras de Jack (1949)

In the 19th century, the son of a frivolous countess faces the rigors of a tragic life.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Carlos F. Borcosque
CAST:  Juan Carlos Barbieri  •  Guillermo Battaglia  •  Alberto Bello  •  Eva Caselli

In the 19th century, the son of a frivolous countess faces the rigors of a tragic life.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Carlos F. Borcosque
CAST:  Juan Carlos Barbieri  •  Guillermo Battaglia  •  Alberto Bello  •  Eva Caselli

La muerte está mintiendo (1950)

The protagonist commits a crime and abandons his brother, on whom the shadow of suspicion falls, to avoid punishment. In his escape he meets for the first time the emotion of a true love, but fatality takes it upon himself, pushing him back onto the criminal path.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Carlos F. Borcosque
CAST:  Narciso Ibáñez Menta  •  María Rosa Gallo  •  Alita Román  •  Perla Mux

The protagonist commits a crime and abandons his brother, on whom the shadow of suspicion falls, to avoid punishment. In his escape he meets for the first time the emotion of a true love, but fatality takes it upon himself, pushing him back onto the criminal path.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Carlos F. Borcosque
CAST:  Narciso Ibáñez Menta  •  María Rosa Gallo  •  Alita Román  •  Perla Mux

Veinticuatro horas en la vida de una mujer (1944)

An unusually intense and emotional day in the otherwise monotonous life of a woman.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Carlos F. Borcosque
CAST:  Amelia Bence  •  Roberto Escalada  •  Olga Casares Pearson  •  Bernardo Perrone

An unusually intense and emotional day in the otherwise monotonous life of a woman.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Carlos F. Borcosque
CAST:  Amelia Bence  •  Roberto Escalada  •  Olga Casares Pearson  •  Bernardo Perrone

El calavera (1958)

Aging-roue comedy: foxy grandpa's doctor tells him he needs to cut out the high-living and make a stable, tranquil home for himself, as befits his age and station... but he decides he'd rather do that by marrying his nephew off and piggybacking on the domestic ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Carlos F. Borcosque
CAST:  Enrique Serrano  •  Elena Lucena  •  Georges Rivière  •  Raúl Astor

Aging-roue comedy: foxy grandpa's doctor tells him he needs to cut out the high-living and make a stable, tranquil home for himself, as befits his age and station... but he decides he'd rather do that by marrying his nephew off and piggybacking on the domestic ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Carlos F. Borcosque
CAST:  Enrique Serrano  •  Elena Lucena  •  Georges Rivière  •  Raúl Astor

Pobres habrá siempre (1958)

"Pobres habrá siempre" is a rarity within Argentine cinema for many reasons. Its theme is the rebellion of a group of meatpacking workers around 1935 and the several reasons that justified it, but the film was shot at a time when workers and union struggles were ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Carlos F. Borcosque
CAST:  Daira Ceriani  •  Domingo Alzugaray  •  Nieves Ibar  •  Isidro Fernán Valdez

"Pobres habrá siempre" is a rarity within Argentine cinema for many reasons. Its theme is the rebellion of a group of meatpacking workers around 1935 and the several reasons that justified it, but the film was shot at a time when workers and union struggles were ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Carlos F. Borcosque
CAST:  Daira Ceriani  •  Domingo Alzugaray  •  Nieves Ibar  •  Isidro Fernán Valdez

Cuando en el cielo pasen lista (1945)

The life and work of philanthropist and educator William Case Morris (1864-1932).  (more)

DIRECTION:  Carlos F. Borcosque
CAST:  Narciso Ibáñez Menta  •  Ilde Pirovano  •  Aída Alberti  •  Luis Zaballa

The life and work of philanthropist and educator William Case Morris (1864-1932).  (more)

DIRECTION:  Carlos F. Borcosque
CAST:  Narciso Ibáñez Menta  •  Ilde Pirovano  •  Aída Alberti  •  Luis Zaballa

Volver a la vida (1951)

An Italian sailor and soldier rebuilds his post-war life in Argentina.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Carlos F. Borcosque
CAST:  Amedeo Nazzari  •  Malisa Zini  •  Juan Carlos Barbieri  •  Golde Flami

An Italian sailor and soldier rebuilds his post-war life in Argentina.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Carlos F. Borcosque
CAST:  Amedeo Nazzari  •  Malisa Zini  •  Juan Carlos Barbieri  •  Golde Flami

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DIRECTION:  Carlos F. Borcosque
CAST:  María Duval  •  Oscar Valicelli  •  Carlos Cores  •  Rufino Córdoba

La juventud manda (1943)

A girl and her boyfriend have a conflict when a neighbor tries to seduce him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Carlos F. Borcosque
CAST:  Carlos Cores  •  Silvana Roth  •  Nélida Bilbao  •  Semillita

A girl and her boyfriend have a conflict when a neighbor tries to seduce him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Carlos F. Borcosque
CAST:  Carlos Cores  •  Silvana Roth  •  Nélida Bilbao  •  Semillita

...Y mañana serán hombres (1939)

A man who is a director of a reformatory is slowly gaining everyone's trust.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Carlos F. Borcosque
CAST:  Sebastián Chiola  •  Malisa Zini  •  Daniel Belluscio  •  Pablo Palitos

A man who is a director of a reformatory is slowly gaining everyone's trust.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Carlos F. Borcosque
CAST:  Sebastián Chiola  •  Malisa Zini  •  Daniel Belluscio  •  Pablo Palitos

La casa de los cuervos (1941)

A soldier enrolled in the revolutionary ranks has an affair with a woman who turns out to have been married to a man whom the soldier had killed.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Carlos F. Borcosque
CAST:  Amelia Bence  •  Luis Aldás  •  Miguel Gómez Bao  •  Amelia Mirel

A soldier enrolled in the revolutionary ranks has an affair with a woman who turns out to have been married to a man whom the soldier had killed.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Carlos F. Borcosque
CAST:  Amelia Bence  •  Luis Aldás  •  Miguel Gómez Bao  •  Amelia Mirel

El alma de los niños (1951)

In the 1944 San Juan earthquake, the parents of a child died who had to go live with an evil aunt but who, finally, succeeded as an actor.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Carlos F. Borcosque
CAST:  Julio Norberto Esbrez  •  Carlos Perelli  •  Maruja Roig  •  Jorge Ragel

In the 1944 San Juan earthquake, the parents of a child died who had to go live with an evil aunt but who, finally, succeeded as an actor.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Carlos F. Borcosque
CAST:  Julio Norberto Esbrez  •  Carlos Perelli  •  Maruja Roig  •  Jorge Ragel

Voy a hablar de la esperanza (1966)

A young writer wants to make a different cinema and a director presents a plot divided into 3 episodes.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Carlos F. Borcosque
CAST:  Inda Ledesma  •  Alfredo Alcón  •  Raúl Rossi  •  Carlos Borsani

A young writer wants to make a different cinema and a director presents a plot divided into 3 episodes.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Carlos F. Borcosque
CAST:  Inda Ledesma  •  Alfredo Alcón  •  Raúl Rossi  •  Carlos Borsani

Pleasure cruise (1980)

Two married men make a short trip to relax  (more)

DIRECTION:  Carlos F. Borcosque
CAST:  Claudio García Satur  •  Juan Carlos Altavista  •  Ana María Cores  •  Pedro Quartucci

Two married men make a short trip to relax  (more)

DIRECTION:  Carlos F. Borcosque
CAST:  Claudio García Satur  •  Juan Carlos Altavista  •  Ana María Cores  •  Pedro Quartucci
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