¡Qué Viva México!
1979 · directed by Sergei Eisenstein
- Rating
- 71/100
- Hit
- no
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.
¡Qué Viva México! (1979), directed by Sergei Eisenstein, rates 71/100. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.
Cast
- Sergei Bondarchuk
- Grigori Aleksandrov
- Félix Balderas
- Baronito
- Sara García
- Martín Hernández
- David Liceága
- Julio Saldívar
- Isabel Villaseñor
Crew
- Eduard Tisse — Director of Photography
- Esfir Tobak — Editor
- Grigori Aleksandrov — Editor
- Yury Yakushev — Original Music Composer
- Grigori Aleksandrov — Screenplay
- Sergei Eisenstein — Screenplay
More from Sergei Eisenstein
- Battleship Potemkin (1925) — 86/100 · hit
- Ivan the Terrible, Part I (1944) — 85/100 · hit
- Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot (1958) — 85/100 · hit
- Strike (1925) — 85/100 · hit
- October (Ten Days that Shook the World) (1928) — 80/100 · hit
- Alexander Nevsky (1938) — 80/100 · hit
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