| Viva Zapata! (1952) DVD |
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In 1909, Emiliano Zapata (Marlon Brando), a well-born but penniless Mexican Indian from a remote province,
Morelos, comes to Mexico City to complain that their arable land has been enclosed, leaving them only in the
barren hills. His expressed dissatisfaction with the response of the President Diaz (Fay Roope) puts him in
danger, and when he rashly rescues a prisoner from the local militia he becomes an outlaw. Urged on by a
strolling intellectual, Fernando (Joseph Wiseman), he supports the exiled Don Francisco Madero (Harold
Gordon) against Diaz, and becomes the leader of his forces in the South as Pancho Villa (Alan Reed) is in the
North. Diaz flees, and Madero takes his place; but he is a puppet president, in the hands of the leader of the
army, Huetra (Frank Silvera), who has him assassinated when he tries to express solidarity for the men who
fought for him. Zapata and Villa return to arms, and, successful in victory, seek to find a leader for the
country. Unwillingly, Zapata takes the job, but, a while later, he responds to some petitioners from his own
village with no more reassurance than had Diaz years before., Realizing that with power his idealism has
gone, he returns with them to Morelos - specifically to investigate their complaints against his brother
Eufemio (Anthony Quinn). New leaders take his place, and, egged on by the always surviving Fernando, they
decide that Zapata is a threat to their regime.
Actors:
Marlon Brando ... Emiliano Zapata
Jean Peters ... Josefa Zapata
Anthony Quinn ... Eufemio
Joseph Wiseman ... Fernando
Director:Elia Kazan
Writer: John Steinbeck
Runtime: 113 min
Country: USA
Language: English
Country: USA
Language: English
Will Play In All DVD Players Worldwide
Morelos, comes to Mexico City to complain that their arable land has been enclosed, leaving them only in the
barren hills. His expressed dissatisfaction with the response of the President Diaz (Fay Roope) puts him in
danger, and when he rashly rescues a prisoner from the local militia he becomes an outlaw. Urged on by a
strolling intellectual, Fernando (Joseph Wiseman), he supports the exiled Don Francisco Madero (Harold
Gordon) against Diaz, and becomes the leader of his forces in the South as Pancho Villa (Alan Reed) is in the
North. Diaz flees, and Madero takes his place; but he is a puppet president, in the hands of the leader of the
army, Huetra (Frank Silvera), who has him assassinated when he tries to express solidarity for the men who
fought for him. Zapata and Villa return to arms, and, successful in victory, seek to find a leader for the
country. Unwillingly, Zapata takes the job, but, a while later, he responds to some petitioners from his own
village with no more reassurance than had Diaz years before., Realizing that with power his idealism has
gone, he returns with them to Morelos - specifically to investigate their complaints against his brother
Eufemio (Anthony Quinn). New leaders take his place, and, egged on by the always surviving Fernando, they
decide that Zapata is a threat to their regime.
Actors:
Marlon Brando ... Emiliano Zapata
Jean Peters ... Josefa Zapata
Anthony Quinn ... Eufemio
Joseph Wiseman ... Fernando
Director:Elia Kazan
Writer: John Steinbeck
Runtime: 113 min
Country: USA
Language: English
Country: USA
Language: English
Will Play In All DVD Players Worldwide
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