¡Que viva Mexico! (1932)

Directors:

Grigori Aleksandrov, Sergei M. Eisenstein

Writer:

Grigori Aleksandrov

Stars:

Félix Balderas, Sara García, Martín Hernández

Cast

Credited cast:
Félix Balderas	...	Sebastian's brother
Sara García	...	Hacendado's daughter (unconfirmed) (as Sara)
Martín Hernández	...	Sebastian
David Liceága	...	Matador
Julio Saldívar	...	Hacendado
Isabel Villaseñor	...	Maria

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

raw footage

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA Mexico

Also Known As:

Na zisei to Mexiko

Filming Locations:

Shrine of the Virgin of Guadalupe, Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico

Company Credits

Production Co:

The Mexican Picture Trust

Technical Specs

Color:

Black and White

Did You Know?

Trivia

This record only represents the 200,000-plus feet of unedited film that Sergei M. Eisenstein, Grigori Alexandrov and Edouard Tissé shot in Mexico 1931/32 for Mary and Upton Sinclair and three American co-financiers. It was Eisenstein's vision to end up with movie about Mexico in six parts called "Calavera", "Sandunga", "Maguey", "Fiesta", "Soldadera", and "Epilogue". The project was canceled before it was completed due to cost overruns and months-delayed completion, and the producers refused to let Eisenstein attempt to edit anything from the material he had finished after Stalin called him back to the USSR. From this footage the following pictures were subsequently edited by other hands: Thunder Over Mexico, Eisenstein in Mexico, Death Day, Time in the Sun, and Que Viva Mexico. Since this record covers only the unassembled original footage, no reviews/comments should be placed in this record, but rather with the applicable, released version listed above.

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Connections

Edited into Eisenstein's Mexican Project (1958)

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