Sergei Eisenstein: Mexican Fantasy

Sergei Eisenstein: Mexican Fantasy

99 mins | Documentary | Feb. 12, 1998

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: Mexican Fantasy

99 mins | Documentary | Feb. 12, 1998

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.
Producers CTB Film Company, Gosfilmfond Russia, Gosfilmofond
Original title Сергей Эйзенштейн. Мексиканская фантазия
Directors Oleg Kovalov, Sergei Eisenstein
Writers Oleg Kovalov, Sergei Eisenstein

Cast

Alexandra Scheff

as Narrator

Grigori Aleksandrov

as Himself

Sergei Eisenstein

as Himself

Martín Hernández

as Sebastian

David Liceága

as Matador

Julio Saldívar

as Hacienda Owner

Eduard Tisse

as Himself