La familia Dressel (1935): Besetzung, Handlung & Streaming

Released in 1935, La familia Dressel is a komödie and liebesfilm film directed by Fernando de Fuentes, running about 80 minutes.

What it’s about. Fernando de Fuentes was among the most famous and versatile writer-directors of Mexican cinema’s Golden Age, etching his style on genres as varied as the Western and the musical. In his immigrant melodrama The Dressel Family, De Fuentes addresses the “problem” of the ferreteros: successful bourgeois German families who established their own self-sufficient community within Mexico City, but in doing so—it was widely felt—preserved their haughty colonialist attitudes toward the native population. The head of the Dressel household is a proud and stubborn German matriarch who, disdainful of her son’s mixed marriage, sets out to destroy the reputation of his young wife, a Mexican radio singer (played by the beautiful and talented Consuelo Frank).

Who’s in it. La familia Dressel stars Consuelo Frank as Magdalena, Jorge Vélez as Federico / Friedric, Rosita Arriaga as Frau Dressel and Ramón Armengod as Gonzalo Ramirez, among others.

How it landed. With an audience score of 3.7/10, La familia Dressel has proved divisive with audiences.

Where to watch. Streaming options change often. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch La familia Dressel page.

If you liked it. Fans of La familia Dressel tend to enjoy Forrest Gump, Parasite, Das Leben ist schön and Fight Club.