¡Que viva Mexico! (1932)

Directors:

Grigori Aleksandrov
Sergei M. Eisenstein

Writer:

Grigori Aleksandrov (writer)

Plot Keywords:

Raw Footage

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

Country:

USA | Mexico

Color:

Black and White

Filming Locations:

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

Company:

The Mexican Picture Trust

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 cancelled 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 (1933), Eisenstein in Mexico (1933), Death Day (1934), _Time In the Sun (1940)_ and ¡Que Viva Mexico! - Da zdravstvuyet Meksika! (1979). 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.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Die verschiedenen Gesichter des Sergej Eisenstein (1997) (TV)