1910 year. Mexican patriots are preparing an uprising against the dictatorship of Diaz. Young Felipe Rivera joins the revolutionary junta, whose father and mother were shot by dictators. The hour of rebellion is near, but the heroes lack weapons. To get the necessary amount of money, Rivera decides to perform in the ring against Ward, America’s strongest boxer...
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23 people
Oleg Strizhenov
Rivera / Fernandez
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The Forty-First
Boris Andreyev
Paulino Vera
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Ilya Muromets
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Daniil Sagal
Arrellano
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The New Moscow
The Village Teacher
Mark Pertsovskiy
Ramos
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Oleksa Dovbush
Leningrad Symphony
Nadezhda Rumyantseva
May
Known for
The Girls
Gas Station Queen
Vladimir Dorofeyev
Diego
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Out of Boredom
Girl Seeks Father
Tatyana Samoylova
Maria
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The Cranes Are Flying
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Lev Durasov
detachment commander
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Man of Music
Mikhail Astangov
Kelly
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The Battle of Stalingrad
The Hyperboloid of Engineer Garin
Georgi Slabinyak
Roberts
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Gennadi Stepanov
Ward
No other roles listed
Leonid Kmit
Hagerty
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Come Here, Mukhtar!
Vladimir Kaplunovskiy Director · Emil Braginskiy Writer Jack London Author
Worldwide gross $148M · Budget $57M · First release April 13, 1956
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Budget
$57,000,000
Worldwide gross
$147,800,000
Gross vs. budget
2.6×
Production
Mosfilm
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Russia · Russia
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Languages
Original title
Мексиканец
Original language
Russian
Spoken on screen
Russian
Release dates
Russia · April 13, 1956
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
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