Sergei Eisenstein: Mexican Fantasy (1998)

  • NR
  • 02/12/1998 (DE)
  • Documentary
  • 1h 39m

Overview

Eisenstein shot 50 hours of footage on location in Mexico in 1931 and 32 for what would have become ¡Que viva México!, but was not able to finish the film. Following two wildly different reconstruction attempts in 1939 (Marie Seton's 'Time in the Sun') and 1979 (Grigori Alexandrov's '¡Que viva México!') Kovalov has here compiled another hypothetical version of what Eisenstein's film might have been.

Sergei Eisenstein

Director, Writer

Oleg Kovalov

Writer, Director

Cast

Alexandra Scheff's headshot

Alexandra Scheff

Narrator
Grigori Aleksandrov's headshot

Grigori Aleksandrov

Himself
Sergei Eisenstein's headshot

Sergei Eisenstein

Himself
Martín Hernández's headshot

Martín Hernández

Sebastian
David Liceága's headshot

David Liceága

Matador
Julio Saldívar's headshot

Julio Saldívar

Hacienda Owner
Eduard Tisse's headshot

Eduard Tisse

Himself
Isabel Villaseñor's headshot

Isabel Villaseñor

Maria

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