Antonio Momplet

Antonio Momplet

Antonio Momplet (1899 – August 10, 1974) was a Spanish film director and screenwriter. He worked in Spain, France, Argentina and Mexico. Antonio Momplet was born in Cádiz , Andalusia . He worked as a journalist and translator of foreign films in Barcelona until 1927, when he moved to Paris and began to work for Gaumont . In the mid-1930s he moved back to Spain where he directed four feature films and founded the film journal Cine Art , which quickly became influential. To avoid the Spanish Civil War , he moved to Argentina in 1937, and made eight feature films the following years. In 1943 he moved to Mexico to join the film industry there, and made a number of Mexican films both as director and writer for others, before he moved back to Buenos Aires in 1946. In 1952 he returned to Spain. During his final Spanish period he made films such as the Spaghetti Western parody Due contro tutti , before he retired in 1964. He settled in Cadaqués where he died in 1974.

  • Title: Antonio Momplet
  • Popularity: 2.1204
  • Known For: Directing
  • Birthday: 1899-01-01
  • Place of Birth: Cádiz, Spain
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Antonio Momplet Movies

  • 1951
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    Singer Cafe

    Singer Cafe

    1 1951 HD

    In the mid nineteenth century, flamenco singing and dancing bring together their most loyal fans in a tablao in Andalusia where Rosarillo, an attractive singer unleashes the passions of his audience. On her wedding night, while the gypsy sings from deep emotion of her heart, her husband is murdered. Her feelings will be truncated at once, and in front of all those present, she swears revenge.

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  • 1961
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    Julia y el celacanto

    Julia y el celacanto

    1.5 1961 HD

    In Tordesa, a small fishing village in the Spanish Levant, appears a coelacanth, an important fish that in recent years has attracted the attention of the press and scientists around the world. In this village, the only one who realizes the importance of the fish is Julia, who is also aware of the significant rewards that sages offer for the capture. But due to a number of circumstances, the news reaches the head of a scientific institution and they send a delegate to handle the fish. Facing the danger of having the fish removed, Julia hides it aided by his brothers

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  • 1938
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    Turbión

    Turbión

    1 1938 HD

    Two gangs of drug traffickers try to control the monopoly of drugs in the city, while the police commissioner tries to kill them with the help of a snitch, "the puppet".

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  • 1961
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    The Invincible Gladiator

    The Invincible Gladiator

    5 1961 HD

    A Roman warrior leads a revolt against an evil ruler. A young, diminutive ruler makes a big decision to unseat a nobleman whose ego has outgrown him. But can the 10-year-old take on such an impressive nemesis?

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  • 1959
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    Las de Caín

    Las de Caín

    7.5 1959 HD

    Adapted from a comedy of the brothers Alvarez Quintero, raised in a spirit rather routine and a remarkable lack of imagination. The minor nature of the adapted work greatly limited their chances, but there was no resolution film the slightest hint of creativity, merely a recreation under the sign of awkwardness.

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  • 1947
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    La cumparsita

    La cumparsita

    6.2 1947 HD

    A reporter and tango singer is sent to the war zone in 1916, where he loses his memory.

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  • 1962
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    Two Against All

    Two Against All

    1 1962 HD

    Two brothers, Bull and Jonathan Bullivan, witness the murder of bandit Black Boy who had been terrorizing Golden City. The bandit had been put in place by the city mayor, who wants the local residents to leave so that he can keep their land, where there is oil. The two brothers eat a chicken that has been fed with a strong tonic and they become sort of invincible for a few minutes. The mayor, pressured by the villagers, appoints the Bullivan Brothers as sheriffs and tasks them with the arrest of Black Boy.

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  • 1944
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    Amok

    Amok

    6.2 1944 HD

    After being caught embezzling from his clinic to impress his high society lover and support his gambling habit, a doctor flees to a remote Indian village to volunteer as a humanitarian aid worker. There he tries to mitigate the onslaught of a strange disease called "Amok," while his past continues to haunt him.

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  • 1946
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    Remolino de pasión

    Remolino de pasión

    5 1946 HD

    Mexican movie

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  • 1947
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    A media luz

    A media luz

    6 1947 HD

    Tango singer exploits the women in his life. Learns a valuable life-lesson.

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  • 1949
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    Yo no elegí mi vida

    Yo no elegí mi vida

    5.7 1949 HD

    Noir hero tries to avoid being arrested while he tracks down papers that will prove his innocence.

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  • 1940
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    Petróleo

    Petróleo

    10 1940 HD

    A man who has invested a lot of money in the extraction of petroleum in Comodoro Rivadavia is betrayed by his foreman.

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  • 1941
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    Napoleón

    Napoleón

    6 1941 HD

    Upon learning that he has two months to live, a man distributes his fortune among his pensioners, over time he is still alive and has been left without a penny.

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  • 1950
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    Toscanito y los detectives

    Toscanito y los detectives

    1 1950 HD

    A gang of children has a gang of robbers arrested.

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  • 1949
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    La otra y yo

    La otra y yo

    1 1949 HD

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  • 1946
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    El Buen Mozo

    El Buen Mozo

    5.8 1946 HD

    Unscrupulous cad sleeps his way to the top of belle epoque Paris society.

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  • 1945
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    Vertigo

    Vertigo

    7 1945 HD

    Young woman's fiance unexpectedly falls in love with her mom, and ends up arranging the young woman's death.

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  • 1954
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    Viento del norte

    Viento del norte

    7 1954 HD

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  • 1954
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    Viento del norte

    Viento del norte

    7 1954 HD

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  • 1953
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    La hija del mar

    La hija del mar

    1 1953 HD

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  • 1942
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    En el viejo Buenos Aires

    En el viejo Buenos Aires

    5 1942 HD

    The romance between an actress and a young man provokes the rejection of the class to which he belongs.

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  • 1943
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    Los hijos artificiales

    Los hijos artificiales

    5 1943 HD

    To hide his escapades, a justice of the peace with a dissipated life pretends to have a son out of wedlock, but when the young man appears in his town he complicates things.

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  • 1943
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    Los hijos artificiales

    Los hijos artificiales

    5 1943 HD

    To hide his escapades, a justice of the peace with a dissipated life pretends to have a son out of wedlock, but when the young man appears in his town he complicates things.

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  • 1944
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    El corsario negro

    El corsario negro

    5.5 1944 HD

    This Mexican drama features murder, revenge, ruling power and romance in Eighteenth century Maracaibo.

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  • 1946
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    El Buen Mozo

    El Buen Mozo

    5.8 1946 HD

    Unscrupulous cad sleeps his way to the top of belle epoque Paris society.

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  • 1947
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    A media luz

    A media luz

    6 1947 HD

    Tango singer exploits the women in his life. Learns a valuable life-lesson.

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  • 1938
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    Turbión

    Turbión

    1 1938 HD

    Two gangs of drug traffickers try to control the monopoly of drugs in the city, while the police commissioner tries to kill them with the help of a snitch, "the puppet".

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  • 1945
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    Vertigo

    Vertigo

    7 1945 HD

    Young woman's fiance unexpectedly falls in love with her mom, and ends up arranging the young woman's death.

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  • 1944
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    Amok

    Amok

    6.2 1944 HD

    After being caught embezzling from his clinic to impress his high society lover and support his gambling habit, a doctor flees to a remote Indian village to volunteer as a humanitarian aid worker. There he tries to mitigate the onslaught of a strange disease called "Amok," while his past continues to haunt him.

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  • 1951
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    Singer Cafe

    Singer Cafe

    1 1951 HD

    In the mid nineteenth century, flamenco singing and dancing bring together their most loyal fans in a tablao in Andalusia where Rosarillo, an attractive singer unleashes the passions of his audience. On her wedding night, while the gypsy sings from deep emotion of her heart, her husband is murdered. Her feelings will be truncated at once, and in front of all those present, she swears revenge.

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  • 1965
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    Jandro

    Jandro

    4 1965 HD

    After marrying a rich heiress, a young man from humble origins is dedicated to looking for coal in the surroundings of Gijón.

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  • 1941
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    Novios para las muchachas

    Novios para las muchachas

    1 1941 HD

    The misadventures of four young women who want to get married.

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  • 1961
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    Julia y el celacanto

    Julia y el celacanto

    1.5 1961 HD

    In Tordesa, a small fishing village in the Spanish Levant, appears a coelacanth, an important fish that in recent years has attracted the attention of the press and scientists around the world. In this village, the only one who realizes the importance of the fish is Julia, who is also aware of the significant rewards that sages offer for the capture. But due to a number of circumstances, the news reaches the head of a scientific institution and they send a delegate to handle the fish. Facing the danger of having the fish removed, Julia hides it aided by his brothers

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  • 1941
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    El hermano José

    El hermano José

    1 1941 HD

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  • 1946
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    Everybody's Woman

    Everybody's Woman

    6.1 1946 HD

    A beautiful woman of affairs falls in love with a handsome young man of great promise. Fearing for his future, the man's father begs her to leave his son so that her reputation will not hold him back.

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  • 1957
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    Buongiorno primo amore!

    Buongiorno primo amore!

    1 1957 HD

    Michele and Valentina are about to get married despite the financial problems that threaten to make the first years of their marriage very difficult. Valentina wishes she could skip the first five years of marriage and find herself at a point in her life where all the difficulties have been resolved. A mysterious man who has overheard everything grants her wish, and the couple reunites in Spain, where he is a successful singer but the couple feels uneasy.

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