The story of Mexican revolutionary Emiliano Zapata, who led a rebellion against the corrupt, oppressive dictatorship of president Porfirio Diaz in the early 20th century.
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Title: Viva Zapata! (1952)
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| Marlon Brando | ... | Zapata | |
| Jean Peters | ... | Josefa | |
| Anthony Quinn | ... | Eufemio | |
| Joseph Wiseman | ... | Fernando | |
| Arnold Moss | ... | Don Nacio | |
| Alan Reed | ... | Pancho Villa | |
| Margo | ... | Soldadera | |
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Harold Gordon | ... | Madero |
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Lou Gilbert | ... | Pablo |
| Frank Silvera | ... | Huerta | |
| Florenz Ames | ... | Senor Espejo | |
| Richard Garrick | ... | Old General | |
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Fay Roope | ... | Diaz |
| Mildred Dunnock | ... | Senora Espejo | |
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In 1909, Emiliano Zapata, a well-born but penniless Mexican Mestizo from the southern state of Morelos, comes to Mexico City to complain that their arable land has been enclosed, leaving them only in the barren hills. His expressed dissatisfaction with the response of the President Diaz puts him in danger, and when he rashly rescues a prisoner from the local militia he becomes an outlaw. Urged on by a strolling intellectual, Fernando, he supports the exiled Don Francisco Madero against Diaz, and becomes the leader of his forces in the South as Francisco 'Pancho' Villa is in the North. Diaz flees, and Madero takes his place; but he is a puppet president, in the hands of the leader of the army, Huerta, who has him assassinated when he tries to express solidarity for the men who fought for him. Zapata and Villa return to arms, and, successful in victory, seek to find a leader for the country. Unwillingly, Zapata takes the job, but, a while later, he responds to some petitioners from his ... Written by alfiehitchie
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22 August 1952 (West Germany) See more »Also Known As:
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Emiliano Zapata: Themselves.
Josefa: And all the fighting and the deaths... what has really changed?
Emiliano Zapata: They have really changed. That's how things really change - slowly - through people. They don't really need me anymore.
Josefa: They have to be led.
Emiliano Zapata: Yes, but by each other. A strong man makes a weal people. Strong people don't need a strong man.
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A delegation of Indians from the State of Morelos have come to the Capital for an audience with their President, Porfirio Diaz. See more »
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Anthony Quinn won his Oscar for this film on the same night that his father-in-law Cecil B. DeMille won the award for Best Picture for The Greatest Show on Earth (1952). See more »Goofs
When Emiliano is thrown on the slab in the middle of town so all could see what happens to revolutionaries at the end of the movie, Brando's stomach could be seen heavily breathing, even though he is supposed to be dead. See more »Quotes
Josefa: I don't speak for myself now, but if anything happens to you, what would become of the people? What would they have left?Emiliano Zapata: Themselves.
Josefa: And all the fighting and the deaths... what has really changed?
Emiliano Zapata: They have really changed. That's how things really change - slowly - through people. They don't really need me anymore.
Josefa: They have to be led.
Emiliano Zapata: Yes, but by each other. A strong man makes a weal people. Strong people don't need a strong man.
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Opening credits prologue: Mexico-1909A delegation of Indians from the State of Morelos have come to the Capital for an audience with their President, Porfirio Diaz. See more »
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I saw Viva Zapata 50 years ago, when I was 15. And all those years I hoped to see it again sometime. But in the Netherlands it's not available on VHS or DVD. I remember the great performance of Marlon Brando as Zapata. And how I hated Wiseman who played the ultimate traitor. In a magazine I read that Brando, before they shot the picture, spent several weeks in a remote Mexican village to learn the habits of the Mexicans, and he WAS a Mexican in the film! What a performer! I do hope to see once again some day! 9 out of 10.
Hans Dullaart Delft Netherlands.