Viva Zapata (1952)
Country: US
Technical: bw 113m
Director: Elia Kazan
Cast: Marlon Brando, Jean Peters, Joseph Wiseman, Anthony Quinn
Synopsis:
The career of farmer turned Mexican revolutionary Emiliano Zapata, who in the early 20th century joins Villa and Madero against the Diaz dictatorship. Offered a position of power, he sees its stagnating effects and returns to his radical origins.
Review:
A powerful film in laying bare the futility of revolutionary movements and the corrupting nature of power, this ends with one of those superlative scenes of Hollywood film-making, crowning a strong visual sense with symbolic significance. Brando was certainly on a roll.
Country: US
Technical: bw 113m
Director: Elia Kazan
Cast: Marlon Brando, Jean Peters, Joseph Wiseman, Anthony Quinn
Synopsis:
The career of farmer turned Mexican revolutionary Emiliano Zapata, who in the early 20th century joins Villa and Madero against the Diaz dictatorship. Offered a position of power, he sees its stagnating effects and returns to his radical origins.
Review:
A powerful film in laying bare the futility of revolutionary movements and the corrupting nature of power, this ends with one of those superlative scenes of Hollywood film-making, crowning a strong visual sense with symbolic significance. Brando was certainly on a roll.
Country: US
Technical: bw 113m
Director: Elia Kazan
Cast: Marlon Brando, Jean Peters, Joseph Wiseman, Anthony Quinn
Synopsis:
The career of farmer turned Mexican revolutionary Emiliano Zapata, who in the early 20th century joins Villa and Madero against the Diaz dictatorship. Offered a position of power, he sees its stagnating effects and returns to his radical origins.
Review:
A powerful film in laying bare the futility of revolutionary movements and the corrupting nature of power, this ends with one of those superlative scenes of Hollywood film-making, crowning a strong visual sense with symbolic significance. Brando was certainly on a roll.