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Luis Beristáin

Date of birth: 1918-06-20

Place of birth: Mexico City, Mexico

Known for: Acting

Also known as:

Luis Beristáin

Biography

Luis Beristáin (1918–1962) was a Mexican film and television actor.

Movie Credits

El dinamitero
2.5

El dinamitero

1958-12-17

Rosa blanca
3.5

Rosa blanca

1961-07-19

An international oil company comes into conflict with a Mexican ranch owner who refuses to sell his

El amor abrió los ojos
2.5

El amor abrió los ojos

1947-07-24

Vagabunda
2.9

Vagabunda

1950-07-12

Teresa
3.5

Teresa

1961-02-02

Teresa is a beautiful and intelligent young woman, desperately seeking to leave the grinding poverty

A Woman's Pride
2.8

A Woman's Pride

1956-08-08

Everything is very quiet and peaceful in the city of Taxco, until there arrives a man called Ramón D

The Intruder
2.5

The Intruder

1954-07-21

Upon her arrival to the village San Ignacio, Gabriela meets Raúl, owner of a residence that her gran

El secreto de Juan Palomo
3.2

El secreto de Juan Palomo

1947-12-04

Los siete niños de Écija
3.3

Los siete niños de Écija

1947-07-03

Tragic Weddings
2.5

Tragic Weddings

1946-05-30

Jalisco, 19th century. Diego, a wealthy landowner, secretly marries Amparo, defying her father Juan

Crimen y castigo
2.2

Crimen y castigo

1951-07-05

Adaptation of Dostoyevsky's novel about a student who plans a conceptual murder and then butts heads

El monstruo en la sombra
2.5

El monstruo en la sombra

1955-03-10

La huella de unos labios
2.8

La huella de unos labios

1952-03-06

Woman prostitutes herself to the man who murdered her fiance, to get evidence of his guilt and bring

Meat in Prison
2.9

Meat in Prison

1952-07-02

Pedro is found guilty of murder after accidentally killing a friend's husband. His own family will f

Chicas casaderas
2.5

Chicas casaderas

1961-02-02

Four young ladies, four fiances, nine crises. Then, the big day.

By the False Door
3.4

By the False Door

1950-11-16

Bernardo is in love with Adela and although she does not belong, he has always helped her family alt

Apartment house
2.9

Apartment house

1951-02-08

Personal dramas among the residents of an apartment house.

El jinete
2.5

El jinete

1954-08-20

Farmhand and plantation-owner's daughter fall in love, but class differences and stuff.

Él
3.8

Él

1953-07-09

Gloria encounters Francisco, a man whose social veneer betrays a truer self burrowed underneath.

¡Acá las Tortas!
4

¡Acá las Tortas!

1951-10-12

College students, ready to start entering adult society, are ashamed of their working-class backgrou

Encrucijada
2.5

Encrucijada

1956-10-18

Three men in a mining community end up competing for the same woman.

Café Colón
2.5

Café Colón

1959-03-05

Expensively-kept woman unexpectedly falls for a Zapatista general. She sells her jewels to help fina

La loca de la casa
2.9

La loca de la casa

1950-10-06

Novice nun returns to her parent's home to save the family fortune by marrying a creditor.

The Jungle of Fire
3

The Jungle of Fire

1945-12-27

A beautiful woman awakens passions in the workers of a camp deep in the jungle.. Venice Film Festiv

Un minuto de bondad
3

Un minuto de bondad

1954-02-25

A young woman tries to stop the sale of a house that serves as a shelter for orphaned children and r

Los paquetes de Paquita
2.9

Los paquetes de Paquita

1955-02-04

Maid tries to smooth over the difficulties in her employers' marriage while juggling five or six po

Sandunga para tres
2.5

Sandunga para tres

1953-07-28

Three boys and three girls. First all the boys are fighting over one of the girls, then all the boys

El marido de mi novia
3

El marido de mi novia

1951-09-30

Raquel's life is turned upside down when a terrible accident results in the death of her child and t

Vino el remolino y nos alevantó
3

Vino el remolino y nos alevantó

1950-03-01

Three generations of a stable, middle-class family in the capitol are scattered to the four winds by

Vanilla, Bronze and to Die
3.6

Vanilla, Bronze and to Die

1957-12-04

A beautiful woman, fatally ill of the heart, is torn between the love of a poor sculptor and a force

Doña Diabla
3.6

Doña Diabla

1950-01-28

A woman, after committing a murder, flees into a church, confessing her life story to a priest.

Hipócrita..!
2.9

Hipócrita..!

1949-10-11

A disfigured woman is helped by a talented composer to recover her face with plastic surgery. Then h

The Exterminating Angel
4

The Exterminating Angel

1962-05-16

After a lavish dinner party, the guests find themselves unable to depart... and, over the next few d

Las puertas del presidio
3

Las puertas del presidio

1949-10-11

Unscrupulous boss frames an employee for a robbery so he can make time with the guy's sister.

Las engañadas
2.5

Las engañadas

1955-08-10

Irresponsible playboy seduces a decent young lady with a fake wedding; he continues being a creep fo

Entre abogados te veas
2.8

Entre abogados te veas

1951-03-02

Crooked lawyer runs amok, making a mockery of the legal system.

La calle de los amores
2.5

La calle de los amores

1954-08-18

Hubby latches onto a series of side-pieces and wifey finds it increasingly hard to put up with his b

Mi madre es Culpable
2.8

Mi madre es Culpable

1960-09-26

"Problem drama" examining the pros and cons of euthanasia.

La niña de mis ojos
3

La niña de mis ojos

1947-05-02

Classic movie of Mexican cinema.

Pobre huerfanita
2.9

Pobre huerfanita

1955-01-27

Little girl with a cruel nanny and neglectful parents hears mumsy and popsy talking about divorce, a

Todos son mis hijos!...
3

Todos son mis hijos!...

1951-03-23

Good son takes the blame for father's peculations and goes off to work in the rain forest to pay off

The Martyr of Calvary
3.9

The Martyr of Calvary

1952-04-02

The life of Jesus from the beginning of his ministry, his miracles, the Sermon on the Mount and his

Cárcel de Mujeres
2.8

Cárcel de Mujeres

1951-09-28

Evangelina murders her lover Alberto. In prison she meets Dora, Alberto's girlfriend, who was depriv

Médico de guardia
2.5

Médico de guardia

1950-07-26

The director of a hospital deceives a poor couple in order to steal their newborn child and sell the

Closed Doors
0

Closed Doors

1957-01-01

Short documentary about the former La Castañeda asylum in Mexico City.