Vámonos con Pancho Villa! (1936)

Director:

Fernando de Fuentes

Writers:

Rafael F. Muñoz (novel)
Xavier Villaurrutia (adaptation)

Release Date:

14 April 1939 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | War

Plot:

The Mexican Revolution is on its way when six brave peasants, known as "Los Leones de San Pablo", decide...

Plot Keywords:

Revolution | Mexican | Punctuation In Title | Military | Exclamation Point In Title

Cast

Antonio R. Frausto	...	Don Tiburcio Maya
Domingo Soler	...	Francisco 'Pancho' Villa
Manuel Tamés	...	Melitón Botello
Ramón Vallarino	...	Miguel Ángel del Toro 'Becerrillo'
Carlos López	...	Rodrigo Perea (as Carlos Lopez 'Chaflan')
Raúl de Anda	...	Máximo Perea
Rafael F. Muñoz	...	Martín Espinosa
Alfonso Sánchez Tello	...	Fierro, a Villa 'general' (as Alfonso S. Tello)

Also Known As:

Let's Go with Pancho Villa (USA)
Let's Join Pancho Villa

Runtime:

92 min

Country:

Mexico

Language:

Spanish

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA High Fidelity Recording)

Filming Locations:

Chihuahua, Mexico

Company:

Cinematografica Latino Americana S.A. (C.L.A.S.A.)

Trivia:

Prominent Mexican composer Silvestre Revueltas (who wrote the film's score) makes a brief appearance as a piano player in a bar. He places a sign over the piano which reads "Se suplica no tirarle al pianista" ("We beg you not to shoot at the piano player").

Movie Connections:

Featured in Dolores del Río - Princesa de México (1999)

Officially, Mexico's best movie ever made.

Vamonos con Pancho Villa is officially considered as the best movie ever made in Mexico. I personally do not agree to it but these are the facts from the Mexican Cinematography Industry Council. Revolutions, or any war for that manner are never nice happenings. Revolutions/wars imply the fact that many suffer to achieve an ultimate goal of a better life for all involved. In this movie that is exactly what goes on. A group of peasants, tired of the way they are treated by a few powerful owners of the wealth in Mexico, decide to get up in arms against them. There are 2 major leaders of this Revolution that started in 1910. Emiliano Zapata in the South, and Pancho Villa in the North. This movie tells the story, one of hundreds that have been told, about a group of peasants that join Villa's army. The crude scenes that are seen in the movie are just a pale reflection of what happened in those times. The movie, with all the technical limitations of the times(1935)is a magnificent work of art.