Rogelio A. González

Rogelio A. González (January 27, 1920 – May 22, 1984) was a Mexican film director, screenwriter, and actor. González directed 70 films, he was nominated for a Silver Ariel four times, and was also nominated for a Golden Ariel for La culta dama (1957). His film Hambre nuestra de cada día was entered into the 1st Moscow International Film Festival. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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School for Tramps (1955)

Alberto Medina is a very famous composer and is on a field trip when his car runs out of gas and goes downhill. While looking for help, he finds the Valverdes' house and is welcome by Emilia, the mother of the family, who is known for giving shelter to tramps. The ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rogelio A. González
CAST:  Pedro Infante  •  Miroslava  •  Blanca de Castejón  •  Óscar Pulido

Alberto Medina is a very famous composer and is on a field trip when his car runs out of gas and goes downhill. While looking for help, he finds the Valverdes' house and is welcome by Emilia, the mother of the family, who is known for giving shelter to tramps. The ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rogelio A. González
CAST:  Pedro Infante  •  Miroslava  •  Blanca de Castejón  •  Óscar Pulido

The Innocent (1956)

After a quarrel with her boyfriend on New Year's Eve, Mane drives her car from Mexico City to Cuernavaca to meet her parents in their country house. The car breaks down in the highway and Mane has to ask for help. Mechanic Cruci arrives and, after testing the car, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rogelio A. González
CAST:  Pedro Infante  •  Silvia Pinal  •  Sara García  •  Óscar Ortiz de Pinedo

After a quarrel with her boyfriend on New Year's Eve, Mane drives her car from Mexico City to Cuernavaca to meet her parents in their country house. The car breaks down in the highway and Mane has to ask for help. Mechanic Cruci arrives and, after testing the car, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rogelio A. González
CAST:  Pedro Infante  •  Silvia Pinal  •  Sara García  •  Óscar Ortiz de Pinedo

Why Was I Born a Woman? (1970)

A family gathers to celebrate Mother's Day, that day a woman discuss many problems about her woman condition; husband, children and grandchildren will hear she tired and overwhelmed silenced by submission and obedience. Analysis of the family and gender roles.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rogelio A. González
CAST:  Sara García  •  Andrés Soler  •  Prudencia Grifell  •  Ofelia Guilmáin

A family gathers to celebrate Mother's Day, that day a woman discuss many problems about her woman condition; husband, children and grandchildren will hear she tired and overwhelmed silenced by submission and obedience. Analysis of the family and gender roles.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rogelio A. González
CAST:  Sara García  •  Andrés Soler  •  Prudencia Grifell  •  Ofelia Guilmáin

El hombre del alazán (1959)

Professional gambler is getting old and jaded; his friends see him becoming a bad person and try to set him on a better path.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rogelio A. González
CAST:  Fernando Casanova  •  Martha Mijares  •  Flor Silvestre  •  Óscar Ortiz de Pinedo

Professional gambler is getting old and jaded; his friends see him becoming a bad person and try to set him on a better path.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rogelio A. González
CAST:  Fernando Casanova  •  Martha Mijares  •  Flor Silvestre  •  Óscar Ortiz de Pinedo

D.F./Distrito Federal (1981)

Anthology film, six little anecdotes about life in the big city.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rogelio A. González
CAST:  Andrés García  •  Katy Jurado  •  Tito Junco  •  Julissa

Anthology film, six little anecdotes about life in the big city.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rogelio A. González
CAST:  Andrés García  •  Katy Jurado  •  Tito Junco  •  Julissa

La vida no vale nada (1955)

Pablo, a wandering laborer, has imprisoned himself in a hell of alcoholism. Cruz, a widow, reaches out to the troubled man, but even her compassion may not be enough to save him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rogelio A. González
CAST:  Pedro Infante  •  Rosario Granados  •  Domingo Soler  •  Magda Guzmán

Pablo, a wandering laborer, has imprisoned himself in a hell of alcoholism. Cruz, a widow, reaches out to the troubled man, but even her compassion may not be enough to save him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rogelio A. González
CAST:  Pedro Infante  •  Rosario Granados  •  Domingo Soler  •  Magda Guzmán

Vanilla, Bronze and to Die (1957)

A beautiful woman, fatally ill of the heart, is torn between the love of a poor sculptor and a forced marriage with the sadistic son of a millionaire.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rogelio A. González
CAST:  Elsa Aguirre  •  Ignacio López Tarso  •  José Gálvez  •  Luis Beristáin

A beautiful woman, fatally ill of the heart, is torn between the love of a poor sculptor and a forced marriage with the sadistic son of a millionaire.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rogelio A. González
CAST:  Elsa Aguirre  •  Ignacio López Tarso  •  José Gálvez  •  Luis Beristáin

A Place Close to Heaven (1952)

On reaching the capital, Pedro Gonzalez gets a lowly job and marries Margaret. After losing that job, get a new one as a bodyguard but is fired again. With so much poverty and despair Pedro believes that his only way out is suicide.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rogelio A. González
CAST:  Pedro Infante  •  Marga López  •  Andrés Soler  •  Antonio Aguilar

On reaching the capital, Pedro Gonzalez gets a lowly job and marries Margaret. After losing that job, get a new one as a bodyguard but is fired again. With so much poverty and despair Pedro believes that his only way out is suicide.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rogelio A. González
CAST:  Pedro Infante  •  Marga López  •  Andrés Soler  •  Antonio Aguilar

Tal para cual (1953)

Mistaken identity farce; two guys each pretend to be somebody else to cover for each other in delicate situations.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rogelio A. González
CAST:  Jorge Negrete  •  Luis Aguilar  •  María Elena Marqués  •  Rosa de Castilla

Mistaken identity farce; two guys each pretend to be somebody else to cover for each other in delicate situations.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rogelio A. González
CAST:  Jorge Negrete  •  Luis Aguilar  •  María Elena Marqués  •  Rosa de Castilla

Paloma brava (1961)

Paloma is bound and determined to kill the heck out of the guy that dishonored her sister, but mistaken identities and stuff.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rogelio A. González
CAST:  Miguel Aceves Mejía  •  Rosita Quintana  •  Sara García  •  Roberto Ramírez Garza

Paloma is bound and determined to kill the heck out of the guy that dishonored her sister, but mistaken identities and stuff.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rogelio A. González
CAST:  Miguel Aceves Mejía  •  Rosita Quintana  •  Sara García  •  Roberto Ramírez Garza

El buena suerte (1961)

An acquaintance from Venezuela visits the owner of a Mexican ranch, causes upheavals in the love-life of the foreman.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rogelio A. González
CAST:  Miguel Aceves Mejía  •  Alfredo Sadel  •  Sara García  •  Olivia Michel

An acquaintance from Venezuela visits the owner of a Mexican ranch, causes upheavals in the love-life of the foreman.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rogelio A. González
CAST:  Miguel Aceves Mejía  •  Alfredo Sadel  •  Sara García  •  Olivia Michel

Amorcito corazón (1961)

Comical crises in the household of a newlywed couple.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rogelio A. González
CAST:  Rosita Quintana  •  Fernando Casanova  •  Óscar Ortiz de Pinedo  •  Óscar Pulido

Comical crises in the household of a newlywed couple.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rogelio A. González
CAST:  Rosita Quintana  •  Fernando Casanova  •  Óscar Ortiz de Pinedo  •  Óscar Pulido

Far from Heaven (1952)

Pedro Gonzalez first gets into trouble as part of a criminal gang and then works honourably to become rich. Money is his undoing allowing him to become a womanizer and drinker, almost losing his wife. Finally he rejoins her, they have a son and he pays for his mistakes.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rogelio A. González
CAST:  Pedro Infante  •  Marga López  •  Antonio Aguilar  •  Irma Dorantes

Pedro Gonzalez first gets into trouble as part of a criminal gang and then works honourably to become rich. Money is his undoing allowing him to become a womanizer and drinker, almost losing his wife. Finally he rejoins her, they have a son and he pays for his mistakes.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rogelio A. González
CAST:  Pedro Infante  •  Marga López  •  Antonio Aguilar  •  Irma Dorantes

When the Brave Cry (1947)

A farmer is in love during revolutionary times.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ismael Rodríguez
CAST:  Pedro Infante  •  Virginia Serret  •  Blanca Estela Pavón  •  Víctor Manuel Mendoza

A farmer is in love during revolutionary times.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ismael Rodríguez
CAST:  Pedro Infante  •  Virginia Serret  •  Blanca Estela Pavón  •  Víctor Manuel Mendoza

Las interesadas (1952)

Three young women sharing an apartment take in a man they injured in a car accident; while he's recovering, they also make friends with a homeless man. And then...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rogelio A. González
CAST:  Amalia Aguilar  •  Lilia Prado  •  Lilia del Valle  •  Manolo Fábregas

Three young women sharing an apartment take in a man they injured in a car accident; while he's recovering, they also make friends with a homeless man. And then...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rogelio A. González
CAST:  Amalia Aguilar  •  Lilia Prado  •  Lilia del Valle  •  Manolo Fábregas

I'm flying low (1959)

Two hot-shot pilots working for the same company get all competitive and ructious toward each other.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rogelio A. González
CAST:  Luis Aguilar  •  Pedro Armendáriz  •  Lilia Prado  •  Celia D'Alarcón

Two hot-shot pilots working for the same company get all competitive and ructious toward each other.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rogelio A. González
CAST:  Luis Aguilar  •  Pedro Armendáriz  •  Lilia Prado  •  Celia D'Alarcón

La Valentina (1966)

A smuggler, condemned to be shot, is pardoned in exchange for kidnapping "La Valentina."  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rogelio A. González
CAST:  Eulalio González  •  María Félix  •  José Elías Moreno  •  Víctor Alcocer

A smuggler, condemned to be shot, is pardoned in exchange for kidnapping "La Valentina."  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rogelio A. González
CAST:  Eulalio González  •  María Félix  •  José Elías Moreno  •  Víctor Alcocer

The Skeleton of Mrs. Morales (1960)

A taxidermist decides to murder his wife after having to put up with her after twenty years of hellish marriage.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rogelio A. González
CAST:  Arturo de Córdova  •  Amparo Rivelles  •  Guillermo Orea  •  Rosenda Monteros

A taxidermist decides to murder his wife after having to put up with her after twenty years of hellish marriage.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rogelio A. González
CAST:  Arturo de Córdova  •  Amparo Rivelles  •  Guillermo Orea  •  Rosenda Monteros

Vuelven los García (1947)

Ruled by a tough grandma, the Garcías are three charro cousins who fall in love with young American-born Lupita and fight for her love until grandma quiets them.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ismael Rodríguez
CAST:  Sara García  •  Pedro Infante  •  Abel Salazar  •  Víctor Manuel Mendoza

Ruled by a tough grandma, the Garcías are three charro cousins who fall in love with young American-born Lupita and fight for her love until grandma quiets them.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ismael Rodríguez
CAST:  Sara García  •  Pedro Infante  •  Abel Salazar  •  Víctor Manuel Mendoza

Two Ghosts and a Girl (1959)

Two ghosts who died in a turn-of-the-century duel and now haunt a theater attempt to help a girl who's in danger from bank robbers.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rogelio A. González
CAST:  Germán Valdés  •  Manuel Valdés  •  Ana Luisa Peluffo  •  Julio Villarreal

Two ghosts who died in a turn-of-the-century duel and now haunt a theater attempt to help a girl who's in danger from bank robbers.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rogelio A. González
CAST:  Germán Valdés  •  Manuel Valdés  •  Ana Luisa Peluffo  •  Julio Villarreal
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