Alfredo B. Crevenna

Directing

Alfredo B. Crevenna

Born April 22, 1914 · Frankfurt, Germany

Died August 30, 1996 · aged 82

Alfredo B. Crevenna (22 April 1914 – 30 August 1996) was a Mexican film director and screenwriter. He directed 151 films between 1945 and 1995.

Known For

El día de las madresEl día de las madres · 1969
El día de las madres
6.71969
Movie
Three interwoven stories about generational conflicts beween single mothers and their adolescent/adult children.
Agua rojaAgua roja · 1990
Agua roja
6.71990
Movie
Mexican feature film
TalpaTalpa · 1956
Talpa
6.31956
MovieDrama
Produced on a grand scale, the Mexican Talpa relates the simple story of two brothers. The older of the siblings, Tanilo (Victor Manuel Mendoza) is a well-to-do family man; the other, Estaban (Jamie Fernandez), is one step above a wastrel. When Tanilo is felled by illness, Estaban is forced to take over the family's blacksmith business. He also inaugurates a romance with Tanilo's attractive young wife Juana (Lilia Prado). Punishment is eventually doled out in a manner which suggests that God Himself is exacting retribution on the adulterous couple. Originally released at 87 minutes, Talpa was pared down to 73 minutes for American consumption.
Cry of the BewitchedCry of the Bewitched · 1957
Cry of the Bewitched
4.31957
MovieHorrorRomance
A freed slave, who is descended from a murdered witch, plots revenge with her grandmother on a sugar plantation's inhabitants. Complications ensue due to her love for the master of the estate.
YeseniaYesenia · 1971
Yesenia
6.61971
MovieRomanceDrama
A beautiful gypsy named Yesenia has no set path in life. During a caravan trip she meets Osvaldo who is enrolled in the militia, they both fall in love despite their differences and social prejudices.
Black PowerBlack Power · 1975
Black Power
5.81975
MovieDramaAction
In Caracas, a massively built dock-worker has beef with munitions-smuggling gang, and meanwhile he's recruited to perform as a lucha-libre wrestler.
Una mujer sin precioUna mujer sin precio · 1966
Una mujer sin precio
6.71966
MovieDrama
Exotic dancer with a masochistic streak can't decide which of two boyfriends treats her more thrillingly badly.
Neutron vs. the ManiacNeutron vs. the Maniac · 1965
Neutron vs. the Maniac
5.21965
MovieScience FictionAction
Neutron, a wrestler/superhero, investigates a series of murders at a sanitarium.

Movies

El día de las madresEl día de las madres · 1969
El día de las madres
6.71969
Movie
Three interwoven stories about generational conflicts beween single mothers and their adolescent/adult children.
Agua rojaAgua roja · 1990
Agua roja
6.71990
Movie
Mexican feature film
TalpaTalpa · 1956
Talpa
6.31956
MovieDrama
Produced on a grand scale, the Mexican Talpa relates the simple story of two brothers. The older of the siblings, Tanilo (Victor Manuel Mendoza) is a well-to-do family man; the other, Estaban (Jamie Fernandez), is one step above a wastrel. When Tanilo is felled by illness, Estaban is forced to take over the family's blacksmith business. He also inaugurates a romance with Tanilo's attractive young wife Juana (Lilia Prado). Punishment is eventually doled out in a manner which suggests that God Himself is exacting retribution on the adulterous couple. Originally released at 87 minutes, Talpa was pared down to 73 minutes for American consumption.
Cry of the BewitchedCry of the Bewitched · 1957
Cry of the Bewitched
4.31957
MovieHorrorRomance
A freed slave, who is descended from a murdered witch, plots revenge with her grandmother on a sugar plantation's inhabitants. Complications ensue due to her love for the master of the estate.
YeseniaYesenia · 1971
Yesenia
6.61971
MovieRomanceDrama
A beautiful gypsy named Yesenia has no set path in life. During a caravan trip she meets Osvaldo who is enrolled in the militia, they both fall in love despite their differences and social prejudices.
Black PowerBlack Power · 1975
Black Power
5.81975
MovieDramaAction
In Caracas, a massively built dock-worker has beef with munitions-smuggling gang, and meanwhile he's recruited to perform as a lucha-libre wrestler.
Una mujer sin precioUna mujer sin precio · 1966
Una mujer sin precio
6.71966
MovieDrama
Exotic dancer with a masochistic streak can't decide which of two boyfriends treats her more thrillingly badly.
Neutron vs. the ManiacNeutron vs. the Maniac · 1965
Neutron vs. the Maniac
5.21965
MovieScience FictionAction
Neutron, a wrestler/superhero, investigates a series of murders at a sanitarium.
Love and SinLove and Sin · 1956
Love and Sin
6.21956
MovieDramaMusic
A dramatic encounter between passionate love and fraternal love. Two brothers fall in love with the same woman, played by the beautiful dancer Ninón Sevilla, an orphan they rescued during their childhood. Though she loves only one of them, she decides to give up her happiness rather than destroying the reason of the other she doesn't love.
El ídoloEl ídolo · 1971
El ídolo
6.31971
Movie
The story of a magnate who is dedicated to doing shady business. This man is involved in a series of problems when his wife, his lover and his secretary find out about the relationship he has with each one.
The Clutching HandThe Clutching Hand · 1966
The Clutching Hand
5.41966
MovieScience FictionAction
Two wrestling stars must investigate strange deaths and a secret criminal organization led by a madman who becomes invisible.
Planet of the Female InvadersPlanet of the Female Invaders · 1966
Planet of the Female Invaders
6.31966
MovieScience FictionFantasy
A group of sexy space vixens flies down to Earth, sets up a shop at a carnival (disguising their ship as a ride), and kidnap some earthlings in their scheme to conquer our planet. The humans, including Marcos, a crooked boxer and our hero, Silvia, his love interest, and a gang of comical mobsters out to kill Marcos, are taken to the women’s home planet. There they are held prisoner by the evil queen Adastrea and aided by her selfless twin Alburnia. Meanwhile, a standard issue hunky scientist back on Earth, who happens to be Silvia’s boss, tries to rescue them.
Ni sangre ni arenaNi sangre ni arena · 1941
Ni sangre ni arena
7.41941
MovieComedy
Cantinflas enjoys the bullfight show, and wants to crash in every of these spectacles. Also, there's a professional bullfighter, Manolete, who is identical to Cantinflas. Manolete has to give a bullfight show in a village, but Cantinflas arrives first as a stowaway in a train, and he'll be mistake by the real bullfighter. Cantinflas will give us a demonstration of courage.
The New Invisible ManThe New Invisible Man · 1958
The New Invisible Man
5.61958
MovieScience FictionFantasy
A man is sentenced to prison for a murder he did not commit. Thanks to a serum invented by his brother, he manages to become invisible and escape from prison in order to prove his innocence, while his brother works feverishly to find an antidote. Theatrically released in USA in Spanish language only; later English-dubbed version syndicated directly to television.
A Doll's HouseA Doll's House · 1954
A Doll's House
5.31954
MovieDrama
Adaptation of the play by Henrik Ibsen. Mexican version of " A Doll's House." A spendthrift wife hides from her banker husband that she is in debt to a dishonorable employee her husband has fired.
El garañónEl garañón · 1989
El garañón
5.21989
MovieComedy
El invencible ojo de vidrioEl invencible ojo de vidrio · 1992
El invencible ojo de vidrio
6.31992
Movie
Fruto prohibidoFruto prohibido · 1953
Fruto prohibido
6.21953
MovieDramaRomance
A writer is given custody of his editor's daughter after she is orphaned. Once she grows up, they become romantically involved.
The Incredible Face of Dr. B.The Incredible Face of Dr. B. · 1963
The Incredible Face of Dr. B.
5.61963
MovieScience FictionHorror
Investigating a series of kidnappings leads a police inspector to confront a scientist trying to gain immortality.
Ghost TownGhost Town · 1963
Ghost Town
5.61963
MovieWesternMystery
A vampire is on the loose in an old west town.
Que me entierren con la bandaQue me entierren con la banda · 1994
Que me entierren con la banda
6.71994
Movie
The WhipThe Whip · 1978
The Whip
5.11978
MovieActionAdventure
In the ruins of Tikal, a struggle breaks out for possession of the priceless treasure of religious people who keep their traditions. Violence, crime and assaults that nobody can stop. Only "The Whip", the legendary defender of the Indians, dares to confront the thugs.
Adventure at the Center of the EarthAdventure at the Center of the Earth · 1965
Adventure at the Center of the Earth
6.01965
MovieScience FictionHorror
After a young man is killed in an unexplored subterranean cavern and his girlfriend driven mad by something she saw there, a track found at the scene cannot be identified with any known animal and thus a scientific expedition is launched to find out just what it is that is living there.
My Wife and the OtherMy Wife and the Other · 1952
My Wife and the Other
4.91952
MovieDrama
A classic story of a husband who meets a younger woman, and begins a love affair.