Edition |
Deluxe edition. |
Description |
1 videodisc (85 min.) : DVD video, sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 sheet (2 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 19 cm) |
Playing Time |
012500 |
Physical Medium |
DVD video 4 3/4 in. |
Description |
digital optical mono |
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widescreen |
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NTSC |
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video file DVD video region 1 |
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Motion picture |
System Details |
DVD; region 1, NTSC; widescreen (1.33:1 aspect ratio). |
Performer |
Narrator, Sergeĭ Bondarchuk. |
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Narrator, Сергей Бондарчук. |
Cast |
Felix Balderas, Sara Garcia, Martin Hernandez, David Liceaga, Jlio Saldivar, Isabel Villasenor. |
Credits |
Produced by Grigoriĭ Aleksandrov ; cinematographer, Eduard Tisse; editor, Esfir Tobak. |
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Produced by Григорий Александров ; cinematographer, Едуард Тиссе; editor, Есфир Тобак. |
Note |
Title from title frame. |
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Reconstructed by Grigoriĭ Aleksandrov and Nikita Orlov in 1979 from materials directed by Sergeĭ Ėĭzenshteĭn in 1931. |
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Reconstructed by Григорий Александров and Никита Орлов in 1979 from materials directed by Сергей Эйзенштейн in 1931. |
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Previously issued in less complete version under title: Thunder over Mexico. |
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Actual running time: "Approximately 87 min." |
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One sheet of program note inserted inside container. |
Audience |
MPAA rating: Not rated. |
Summary |
Que viva Mexico: A film document of the history of Mexico, presented in four novellas: Sandunga, an exposition of Tehuantepec jungles and the peaceful lifestyles of their inhabitants; Manguei, a love story about a poor peon and his bride; Fiesta, devoted to bullfighting and romantic love; and Soldadera, a portrayal of the 1910 revolution in Mexico as depicted in the frescoes of Siqueiros, Rivera, and Orosco. |
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Romance sentimentale: Eisenstein's first sound film, this experimental 1930 short is a dazzling symphony of images and sounds, made in collaboration with Alexandrov and Tisse. |
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Misery and fortune of woman: A 20 minute excerpt from an ultra-rare 1929 film by Eisenstein, Alexandrov and Tisse intended to encourage legal and sanitary birth/abortion clinics in Europe. A dramatization of the plight of working class women. |
Contents |
[Feature film]. Opening titles ; Prologue ; The Sandunga ; Fiesta ; The bullfight ; Maguey ; Soldadera ; Epilogue -- Supplements: Supplemental material. Que viva Mexico (1931/1979, 85 min.) ; Romance sentimentale : a cinematographic study with Mara Griy / scenario and direction, S.M. Eisenstein and G.V. Alexandroff ; music, Alexis Archangelsky ; production, Sequana-Film (1930, 20 min.) ; Misery and fortune of woman = Frauennot, Frauenglück / Lazar Wechsler presents ; Praesens-Film AG ; photographed by Eduard Tisse ; directed by Sergei Eisenstein and Grigory Alexandrov ; music by Martin Uhl ; restored by Bret Wood (1929, 20 min.). |
Note |
Special features: Que Viva clippings: a sampling of texts pertaining to the production and release of Que Viva Mexico. |
Language |
Russian narration, English subtitles. |
Subject |
Que viva Mexico (Motion picture)
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Que viva Mexico (Motion picture) |
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Que viva Mexico (Motion picture) |
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Mexico -- History.
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Mexico. |
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History. |
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Mexico -- History -- Drama.
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Genre/Form |
Drama.
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Subject |
Mexico -- Social conditions.
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Social conditions. |
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Mexico -- Social life and customs.
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Manners and customs. |
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Mexico -- Description and travel.
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Women's health services -- Europe.
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Women's health services. |
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Europe. |
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Motion pictures, Russian.
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Motion pictures, Russian. |
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Travel. |
Genre/Form |
Documentary films.
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Ethnographic films.
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Experimental films.
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Feature films.
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Fiction films.
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History.
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Nonfiction films.
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Short films.
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Video recordings.
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Video recordings.
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Drama.
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Added Author |
Eisenstein, Sergei, 1898-1948, film director.
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Эйзенштейн, Сергей, 1898-1948, film director.
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Tissė, Ėduard, 1897-1961, director of photography.
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Тиссе, Э. 1897-1961, director of photography.
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Aleksandrov, Grigoriĭ Vasilʹevich, 1903-1984, editor of moving image work.
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Александров, Григорий Васильевич, 1903-1984, editor of moving image work. |
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Orlov, Nikita, editor of moving image work.
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Орлов, Никита, editor of moving image work. |
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Bondarchuk, Sergeĭ, 1920-1994, narrator.
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Бондарчук, Сергей, 1920-1994, narrator.
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Moskovskai͡a kinostudii͡a "Mosfilʹm", production company.
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Московская киностудия "Мосфильм", production company. |
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Kino International Corporation, film distributor.
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Added Title |
Que viva Mexico (Motion picture) https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no97050782
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Da zdravstvuet Meksika |
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Да здравствует Мексика |
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Viva Mexico! |
Note |
At head of title on container: Sergei Eisenstein's restored masterwork |
Added Title |
Thunder over Mexico.
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Romance sentimentale.
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Misery and fortune of woman.
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Standard No. |
738329020224 |
Music No. |
K202 Kino on Video |
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