Sergei Eisenstein: Mexican Fantasy

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.

Cast

Alexandra Scheff Narrator

Grigori Aleksandrov Himself Sergei Eisenstein Himself

Martín Hernández Sebastian

David Liceága Matador

Julio Saldívar Hacienda Owner Eduard Tisse Himself Isabel Villaseñor Maria

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