Mexican Revolution Films
Películas sobre la Revolución Mexicana
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- DirectorJuan Bustillo OroFernando de FuentesStarsAlfredo del DiestroCarmen GuerreroAntonio R. FraustoDuring Mexican Revolution, Rosalio Mendoza (Del Diestro) survives by making and winning favors from both factions, the governmental forces and Zapata's Army. His hacienda welcomes everybody, and Mendoza is considered a good friend of his guests. Eventually, the situation becomes unsustainable and he has to take sides. Betrayal and deception overcome and Mendoza's dark side surfaces.
- DirectorFernando de FuentesStarsAlfredo del DiestroLuis G. BarreiroAdela SequeyroEl Prisionero 13 (Prisoner 13) is part of the trilogy of films made by Fernando Fuentes concerning the Mexican Revolution. The film centers on the drunkard Colonel Carrasco, whose wife Marta leaves him taking his young son. The child, Juan, grows into an admirable and well-mannered young man. Having been promoted to a higher rank of power amidst the Mexican Revolution, the indulgent and corrupt Colonel accepts a bribe to free a revolutionary, Felipe Martinez, from his prison. Martinez has been sentenced to execution at the hands of a firing squad. Carrasco asks to have the revolutionary replaced by absolutely anyone. In a twist of fate, that anyone turns out to be his own long lost son Juan. Upon receiving this news, Marta races to the prison and explains the predicament to Carrasco. He subsequently desperately attempts to prevent the gunning down of his son by his very own government officials.
- DirectorFernando de FuentesStarsAntonio R. FraustoDomingo SolerManuel TamésThe Mexican Revolution is on its way when six brave peasants, known as "Los Leones de San Pablo", decide to join Pancho Villa's army and help end the suffering in their community by assisting in the struggle. After several battles and valiant heroics, the original group is eventually reduced to the leader Tiburcio Maya (Frausto) and young Becerrillo (Vallarino). When Becerrillo is infected by smallpox, Villa orders Tiburcio to kill him and burn the corpse. After reluctantly doing his duty, Tiburcio is ordered to leave the army, and returns home.
- DirectorAlfredo B. CrevennaEmilio FernándezStarsPedro ArmendárizAriadne WelterVíctor JuncoA group of semi-slave laborers rebel against the appalling work conditions in a logging camp deep in the Mexican jungle.
- StarsCarlos CoronaEmilio EchevarríaEnoc LeañoEl encanto del águila is a Mexican television series based on the history of Mexico that shows in 13 chapters the events that marked the Mexican revolution.
- DirectorGonzalo Martínez OrtegaStarsLucha VillaNarciso BusquetsAndrés GarcíaA man returns from Paris to find his home of Chihuahua Mexico occupied by Francisco Villa's revolutionary troops.
- DirectorJosé BolañosStarsSilvia PinalJaime FernándezNarciso Busquets"La soldadera" (the female soldier) focuses upon Lázara, a simple country girl who is caught up in the Mexican Revolution. At the beginning of the film, she is a newlywed whose husband, Juan, is forced to join the federal army during the revolution. Lázara chooses to follow Juan, but unfortunately he is soon killed in battle. One of the Villista soldiers (supporters of Pancho Villa), Nicolás, takes Lázara to be his woman and so she becomes part of their band. Lázara has to walk alongside Nicolás' horse whilst carrying his rifle and gun belt as they travel. One of the older "soldaderas" puts the gun belt on Lázara and shows her how to shoot. Although Lázara does not fight, she is present during moments of conflict and is involved in the looting of a town. But Lázara wishes for nothing more than a home.
- DirectorAlfonso ArauStarsMarco LeonardiLumi CavazosRegina TornéWhen tradition prevents her from marrying the man she loves, a young woman discovers she has a unique talent for cooking.
- DirectorJorge FonsStarsDaniel Giménez CachoJosé María YazpikJulio BrachoTells the story behind an assassination attempt perpetrated in 1897, by a dipsomaniac man, against the President of the Mexican Republic, General Porfirio Diaz.
- DirectorElia KazanStarsMarlon BrandoJean PetersAnthony QuinnThe story of Mexican revolutionary Emiliano Zapata, who led a rebellion against the corrupt, oppressive dictatorship of President Porfirio Díaz in the early 20th century.
- DirectorAlberto MariscalStarsLuis AguilarRodolfo de AndaEmilio FernándezA sharecropper and his daughter, a swarthy beauty, flee from their hacienda and join the Mexican Revolution.
- DirectorEmilio FernándezStarsMaría FélixPedro ArmendárizFernando FernándezDuring the Mexican Revolution, a macho rebel general falls in love with the independent-minded daughter of an aristocrat in the town he is occupying.
- DirectorEmilio FernándezStarsDolores Del RíoPedro ArmendárizEmilio FernándezOne of the gratest love stories ever told!!
- DirectorSergey BondarchukStarsFranco NeroUrsula AndressJorge LukeA chronicle of the Russian and Mexican revolutions in the early 20th century.
- DirectorFelipe CazalsStarsDamián AlcázarJuan Manuel BernalBruno BichirButch Fenton, major of American army, comes for Villa's head and he's gonna get it. The "Punitive Expedition" proved to be the last major campaign of the U.S. Cavalry. Mexican revolution is the first social movement of the century.
- DirectorMauricio de la SernaStarsPedro ArmendárizAna Luisa PeluffoManolo FábregasDos hermanas solteronas creen que cometer un robo deja de ser considerado como pecado, después de ir a la confesión.
- DirectorJuan Andrés BuenoLourdes DeschampsStarsJuan Ignacio ArandaXimena AyalaGilberto BarrazaFollowing the underhanded murder of Pancho Villa on the outskirts of Parral, Chihuahua , the whole city mourns his death. The wake for the revolutionary hero is held by his closest collaborators. Standing out among the mourners are the four women with whom Villa was having intimate relationships at the time of his death. As expected, the tension among the women grows and intensifies, culminating in a dramatic surprise ending. An intimate, human portrait of the Centaur of the North.
- DirectorRoberto SneiderStarsAna Claudia TalancónDaniel Giménez CachoJosé María de TaviraSet in 1930's in Puebla, Mexico, a young woman finds herself in an arranged marriage to a prominent politician (Andres Ascencio). As his career progresses, she finds it more difficult to remain a loyal, loving wife.
- DirectorJuan IbáñezStarsGabriela AraujoCarlos BrachoÓscar ChávezDuring the Mexican Revolution, a hardened and rich lady landowner is overtaken by the violence of the times. Losing her land and house, she falls in love with a revolutionary leader that is killed by a sadistic and corrupt federal officer. She takes the revolutionary flag and leads a rampage of violence and destruction.
- DirectorMariana ChenilloFernando EimbckeAmat EscalanteStarsYolanda Abbud L.Adriana BarrazaMónica BejaranoMade up of 10 short films, 'Revolucion' analyzes through the eyes of the directors what is the revolution today and what it means to the young minds of Mexico.
- DirectorIgnacio OrtizStarsArturo RíosLuisa HuertasMiguel SantanaA man who travels back to the house of his father, grandfather and backwards.
- DirectorJosé Luis Gutiérrez AriasStarsAlejandro TommasiJorge LavatTeresa RuizThe friars of a poor war-ravaged monastery find an infant abandoned on their doorstep.
- DirectorFernando Javier León RodríguezStarsJorge Adrián SpíndolaHarold TorresLeticia HuijaraTwo bandits mistake a zebra for an American horse while looking to align themselves with Álvaro Obregón's troops.
- DirectorChano UruetaStarsMiguel Ángel FerrizEsther FernándezIsabela CoronaLiderados por el capitán Anastasio Montañez, el recién formado ejército de campesinos -hartos de las injusticias de los federales-, toma como código de honor saquear las casas para repartir las riquezas.
- DirectorAntonio Zavala KuglerStarsMaría AuraKuno BeckerMario ZaragozaA couple find themselves in love in three different centuries