Revolution (1933 film)

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Revolution
Directed byMiguel Contreras Torres
Written byMiguel Contreras Torres
Produced byMiguel Contreras Torres
StarringMiguel Contreras Torres
CinematographyEzequiel Carrasco
Alex Phillips
Edited byJosé Marino
Fernando C. Tamayo
Distributed byColumbia Pictures (U.S.)
Release date
  • 8 February 1933 (1933-02-08) (Mexico)
CountryMexico
LanguageSpanish

Revolution, (Spanish: Revolución) also known as La sombra de Pancho Villa, (English: "Pancho Villa's Shadow") is a 1933 Mexican drama film. It was directed by Miguel Contreras Torres, who also starred in the film. The film deals with the Mexican Revolution. It is one of the first Mexican films that dealt with the revolution, and the first sound film to do so.[1][2]

Plot

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Doroteo, engineering student, is in love with Adelita. However, the strongman of the region, Medrano, also desires the young woman and therefore has Doroteo imprisoned. While he is in jail, his ranch is raided and burned down. In this attack, Doroteo's grandmother is killed and his sister is raped. After being released, Doroteo participates in the revolution and joins Pancho Villa. After being defeated in the Battle of Celaya, he returns home, kills Medrano and marries Adelita. Then he rejoins the revolutionary troops.

Cast

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Production

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Miguel Contreras Torres himself took part in the Mexican Revolution. He fought in the army of Venustiano Carranza. Contreras Torres not only directed and starred the film, he also wrote the script and produced it in his own production company. In the United States, the film was distributed by Columbia Pictures in 1934 without subtitles.

References

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  1. ^ León Frías, Isaac (2019). Más allá de las lágrimas: Espacios habitables en el cine clásico de México y Argentina (in Spanish). Fondo Editorial Universidad de Lima. p. 247. ISBN 978-9972-45-486-8.
  2. ^ de la Mora, Sergio (2006). Cinemachismo: Masculinities and Sexuality in Mexican Film. University of Texas Press. p. 149. ISBN 978-0-292-71297-3.

Further reading

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  • David E. Wilt. The Mexican Filmography 1916 through 2001. McFarland & Co Inc, Jefferson NC 2004. ISBN 978-0-7864-6122-6
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