Over the Waves

Sep 13, 1950

1h 37m

★ 5.9

Overview

The life of the musician Juventino Rosas, who despite his talent lived an existence of misfortune and poverty.

Genres

Drama

Music

Romance

Production Companies

Producciones Rodríguez Hermanos

Over the Waves Trailers

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Cast

Juventino Rosas

Pedro Infante

Dolores

Alicia Neira

Lolita

Beatriz Aguirre

Ángela Peralta

Bertha Lomelí

Doña Carmen

Beatriz Jimeno

Calixta Gutiérrez de Alfaro

Prudencia Grifell

Marcial Morales

Andrés Soler

Pepe Reyna

José Luis Jiménez

Porfirio Díaz

Antonio R. Frausto

Juan de Dios

Miguel Manzano

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7.1

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7.2

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7.7

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6.4

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8.2

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7.6

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6.4

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