Thunder Over Mexico (1933)
Overview
As was common in Diaz's Mexico, a young hacienda worker finds his betrothed imprisoned and his life threatened by his master for confronting a hacienda guest for raping the girl. This film is the first of several attempts to make a feature-length motion picture out of the 200,000-plus feet of film shot by Sergei Eisenstein, on photographic expedition in Mexico during 1931-32 for Upton Sinclair and a cadre of private American producer-investors. Silent with music and English intertitles.
What is Thunder Over Mexico about?
As was common in Diaz's Mexico, a young hacienda worker finds his betrothed imprisoned and his life threatened by his master for confronting a hacienda guest for raping the girl. This film is the first of several attempts to make a feature-length motion picture out of the 200,000-plus feet of film shot by Sergei Eisenstein, on photographic expedition in Mexico during 1931-32 for Upton Sinclair and a cadre of private American producer-investors. Silent with music and English intertitles. Thunder Over Mexico is a Drama, Documentary movie, released on 1933-09-22, runtime 70 minutes.
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Directed by
Sergei Eisenstein
Cast
- Martín Hernández as Sebastian Enriquez
- Isabel Villaseñor as Maria, his betrothed
- Félix Balderas as Sebastian's Brother
- Julio Saldívar as The Haciendado
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