La sombra del Caudillo (1960)

Director:

Julio Bracho

Writer:

Martín Luis Guzmán (book)

Genre:

Drama | History

Plot:

The movie situated in post-revolutionary Mexico describes the way politics were done in those times...

Plot Keywords:

Mexico | 1920s | Based On Book

Cast

Tito Junco	...	General Ignacio Aguirre
Roberto Cañedo	...	Presidente Camara de Diputados
Tito Novaro	...	Diputado
Tomás Perrín	...	Diputado Axcaná González
Bárbara Gil	...	Rosario
Miguel Ángel Ferriz	...	El Caudillo
Ignacio López Tarso	...	General Hilario Jiménez
Carlos López Moctezuma	...	Emilio Olivier Fernández
Víctor Manuel Mendoza	...	General Elizondo
Fernando Mendoza	...	Diputado Juan Manuel Mijares
Agustín Isunza	...	Remigio Tarabana
Prudencia Grifell	...	Madam
Kitty de Hoyos	...	La Mora
José Elías Moreno	...	Gobernador Catarino Ibáñez
Víctor Junco	...	General Domínguez

Runtime:

129 min

Country:

Mexico

Language:

Spanish

Color:

Black and White

Sound Mix:

Mono

Company:

Sección de Técnicos y Manuales del Sindicato de Trabajadores de la Producción Cinematográfica de la República Mexicana a cargo de Rogelio González Chávez (STPC de la RM)

Trivia:

This movie was deemed too controversial by official censors, since it portrays the massacre that gave birth to Mexico´s ruling party. It has never been commercially released and the few copies that exist lie in a vault at the Mexican Ministry of the Interior.