Homero Cárpena
Date of birth: 1910-02-13
Place of birth: Mar del Plata, Argentina
Known for: Acting
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Biography
Homero Cárpena was an Argentine film director and actor who had an extensive artistic career.
Movie Credits
Tres millones... y el amor
1946-10-31
A thief going to rob an unscrupulous industrialist falls in love with a young woman and turns himsel
If I Should Die Before I Wake
1952-03-11
While playing a prank, a young boy accidentally discovers the identity of a criminal lurking in the
Historia de una mala mujer
1948-05-18
A woman saves her daughter from making the same mistake that cost her happiness years ago.
Cruza
1942-09-02
The young daughter of a murdered rancher takes possession of her lands in Patagonia and must fight c
Las de Barranco
1938-06-29
A drama that revolves around the speculations made by a widow woman taking advantage of the sympathi
El tambor de Tacuarí
1948-07-06
After the May Revolution occurred, a young man abandoned his royalist uncle and became a drummer for
Encadenado
1940-03-28
Love confusion between a girl and her benefactors.
La otra y yo
1949-01-28
Los lobos del palmar
1955-01-02
Soy del tiempo de Gardel
1954-01-02
A tango academy has different characters and each one has its story.
Big five and a girl
1950-02-28
The five members of a soccer team discover a case of bribery.
El deseo
1944-06-22
While her husband is abroad, Luisa receives a visit from an old love, her cousin, who becomes a "dan
La importancia de ser ladrón
1944-07-28
A modest employee of exemplary behavior is mistakenly accused of committing a major fraud.
Operación "G"
1962-09-27
The National Gendarmerie combats arms smuggling in Alto Paraná.
Cuando florezca el naranjo
1943-04-01
A new teacher arrives at a girls' boarding school; his arrival disrupts the discipline of the beauti
Anguish of a Secret
1959-09-17
A priest is unjustly sentenced to death for a murder he did not commit. The surprise will be greater
El gran secreto
1942-07-21
A meteorologist's wife hurts her sister so she won't reveal who the real mother of her child is.
Detrás de la mentira
1962-12-12
An industrialist's son becomes part of the communist party.
Frente a la vida
1939-02-22
A man leaves his girlfriend, but she still sacrifices her happiness to procure his.
Cuando en el cielo pasen lista
1945-11-29
The life and work of philanthropist and educator William Case Morris (1864-1932).
Prisoners of the Land
1939-08-17
Argentina, 1915. Accompanied by a doctor and his beautiful daughter, Köhner, a ruthless foreman who
Un ángel sin pantalones
1947-07-29
El zorro pierde el pelo
1950-11-16
A womanizer's girlfriend and future father-in-law try to teach him a lesson.
The Gaucho Priest
1941-06-25
The life of José Gabriel Brochero, the Cordovan priest who dedicated his life to those most in need.
La casta Susana
1944-10-11
The wife of an officer receives a "prize for virtue" from one of her many lovers, causing several mi
The Patagonic Teacher
1970-09-03
After filming the hippie professor Luis Sandrini filmed this sequel to the above, following the sanc
Yo no elegí mi vida
1949-06-14
Noir hero tries to avoid being arrested while he tracks down papers that will prove his innocence.
Fascination
1949-09-26
The wife of a hypnotist lives in a state of uncertainty over whether she's with her husband out of l
Besos perdidos
1945-08-30
A man thinks he is not the father of his presumed daughter.
Three Men of the River
1943-04-22
The film is based on an old Argentine legend about an Aztec girl who is raped and murdered by vandal
The Ruffian
1961-09-07
An amnesiac carnival psychic is haunted by the thought that a man is coming to kill her.
Las aventuras de Jack
1949-01-01
In the 19th century, the son of a frivolous countess faces the rigors of a tragic life.
Nuestra Natacha
1944-09-07
A girl who grew up in a boarding school where she suffered from a lack of love is set as its directo
El fin de la noche
1944-11-01
A singer is trapped in France by the unforeseen outbreak of World War II and a man who serves the Ge
La serpiente de cascabel
1948-03-16
Juan Carlos Thorry is a police inspector who must solve the mystery of the death of the warden of a
El extraño caso de la mujer asesinada
1949-01-01
A woman fond of spiritualism and neglected by her husband starts an affair with an American industri
...Y los sueños pasan
1939-05-19
Four young artists who live in a boarding house fall in love with the new lodger.
Nativa
1939-01-01
The love triangle of a journalist, a political leader and his wife.
La locura de Don Juan
1948-03-20
An intrascendent man pretends to be crazy to stop his family's extravagance, which is about to ruin
Hardly a Criminal
1949-03-22
A bank employee uses a loophole in Argentine law to concoct the perfect crime, planning to reap the
Su mejor alumno
1944-05-22
The film tells the story of the natural son of a former president of Argentina and father of public
La vendedora de fantasías
1950-05-05
A store clerk, a detective, the robbery of a necklace and a murder.
Fúlmine
1949-02-02
A married man usually has very bad luck until he wins the lottery.
Se abre el abismo
1945-03-16
The arbitrariness of an evil father leads his children to patricide.
The Immovable Loved One
1945-07-27
The loves of Ana Cecilia Luisa Deillez with the Mexican poet Amado Nervo.
The Mysterious Uncle Silas
1947-03-07
A woman tries to run away when she finds out that her nephews plan to kill her.
Cuando la primavera se equivoca
1944-10-31
A young woman falls asleep at the gates of an old farm; in her dream she is transported to another c
Olga, la hija de aquella princesa rusa
1972-08-03
Kuma-Ching
1969-06-19
A bellicose Eastern power organizes a complicated plan to obtain the services of Professor Diego de
El hombre señalado
1957-08-08
This relentlessly realistic Argentine production was released in the U.S. as The Marked Man. The tit
Chingolo
1940-09-18
A vagabond saves the child of a rich family. They adopt him and try to impose to him their values an
El cielo en las manos
1950-03-20
Three young men leave the orphanage where they grew up to make their ways in the adult world.
La fuga
1937-07-28
Daniel, a smuggler is chased by a policeman. In his escape are helped by the messages that his lover
María Magdalena
1954-06-10
A vile woman has a change of attitude and starts helping a scientist who deliberately infects himsel
Madame Sans-Gêne
1945-03-15
In Napoleonic times, a passionate Parisian washerwoman becomes Duchess of Dantzig and almost Queen o
El mozo número 13
1941-02-26
A waiter who uses gambling to help others.
Novios para las muchachas
1941-01-29
The misadventures of four young women who want to get married.
Cada hogar, un mundo
1942-04-27
Los caranchos de la Florida
1938-01-01
The film deals with the conflict between a father, master of a cattle ranch, and his son, who has re
La cigarra no es un bicho
1963-05-06
The vicissitudes of six different couples who arrive at a hostel in Buenos Aires called La Cigarra a
Las zapatillas coloradas
1952-03-29
Two detectives are hired to investigate the theft of essential shoes for a famous dancer.
Villa Rica del Espíritu Santo
1945-08-02
Spanish conquerors from the XVI century arrive in America to establish a population.
Chiruca
1945-07-04
An orphan young man in Argentina finds that his family's fortune is in ruins, so he goes back to Spa
The Hippie Teacher
1969-07-31
Luis Sandrini plays a college professor who, because of his freethinking attitudes and concerns for
El cartero
1954-01-21
A provincial postman shares with the inhabitants of a small town the joys and sorrows caused by the
Delito
1962-07-25
A police officer joins a gang of smugglers to try to unmask its members.
Tres historias fantásticas
1964-10-01
The film is made up of three independent stories: The Network, The Experiment and The Deer of the Se