¡Qué Viva México!
7.4
Having revolutionized film editing through such masterworks of montage as Potemkin and Strike, Soviet director Sergei Eisenstein emigrated West in hopes of testing the capabilities of the American film industry. Quickly ostracized from Hollywood, Eisenstein, Grigory Alexandrov, and photographer Eduard Tisse (at the urging of author Upton Sinclair) wandered south of the border, where they began filming a highly stylized documentary about the people and volatile social climate of Mexico. Unfortunately, a lack of funds prohibited the film's completion, and the famed director was unable to edit the film. In 1979, by referring to Eisenstein's extensive notes and sketches, Alexandrov assembled the most definitive version of the film; as close to Eisenstein's vision as one is ever likely to see.
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Cast
9 people
Sergei Bondarchuk
Narrator (voice)
Known for
Fate of a Man
War and Peace
Grigori Aleksandrov
Self
Known for
Battleship Potemkin
Strike
Félix Balderas
Sebastian's Brother (uncredited)
Baronito
Picador (uncredited)
Sara García
Hacendado's Daughter (uncredited)
Known for
El analfabeto
You’re Missing the Point
Martín Hernández
Sebastian (uncredited)
Also in
Thunder Over Mexico
David Liceága
Matador (uncredited)
Also in
Sergei Eisenstein: Mexican Fantasy
Julio Saldívar
Hacendado (uncredited)
Also in
Thunder Over Mexico
Sergei Eisenstein: Mexican Fantasy
Isabel Villaseñor
Maria (uncredited)
Also in
Thunder Over Mexico
Sergei Eisenstein: Mexican Fantasy
Sergei Eisenstein Director · Grigori Aleksandrov Screenplay Yury Yakushev Composer
United States release November 1, 1979 · Produced in Mexico, Russia, Russia · Languages Pashto, Russian
Production
Mosfilm
Production · Studio
Mexico · Russia · Russia
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Да здравствует Мексика!
Original language
Russian
Spoken on screen
Pashto · Russian
Release dates
Germany · October 1, 1979
Premiere · Mannheim-Heidelberg International Filmfestival
United States · November 1, 1979
Premiere
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