La Virgen que forjó una patria
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | La Virgen que forjó una patria |
| Country of production | Mexico |
| original language | Spanish |
| Publishing year | 1942 |
| length | 110 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Julio Bracho |
| script | Julio Bracho René Capistrán Garza |
| production |
Agustín J. Fink Emilio Gómez Muriel |
| music | Miguel Bernal Jiménez |
| camera | Gabriel Figueroa |
| cut | Jorge Bustos |
| occupation | |
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La Virgen que una patria forjó (dt .: The virgin who invented a country ) is a Mexican film from the year 1942. Directed in this historical film drama led Julio Bracho , who also together with René Capistran Garza , the screenplay was written.
In 1810, the monk Miguel Hidalgo and others plan an uprising against the colonial power of Spain . He tells his confidante Ignacio Allende about Mexican history. A flashback leads to the year 1528, when the indigenous people of Mexico are oppressed by Pedro de Alonso and his soldiers. However, the monk Martín opposes them and tries to protect the indigenous people from the attacks. Among other things, he baptizes the indigenous weaver Juan Diego . While Alonso goes mad because of his misdeeds, Brother Martín travels to Spain. There he campaigned for the concerns of the indigenous peoples with King Charles V. However, the monk dies on his return journey to Mexico. There, in 1531, Juan Diego finally appears the Virgin of Guadalupe . This ends the flashback. Following this story, Hidalgo and the other revolutionaries decide to put the image of the Virgin of Guadalupe on their banner when they fight for the womanhood of their country.
By linking the Mexican War of Independence with the apparition of the Virgin of Guadalupe, Julio Brancho took up two great Mexican myths, which he linked through conversations with Hidalgos. In doing so, he was critical of the prevailing system and ideology. The standard of production was high. The production company of La Virgen que forjó una patria was Films Mundiales . The film premiered in Mexico on December 11, 1942 and was financially successful. In 1944 the film was also released in the USA by Clasa Films Mundiales . Ramón Novarro was a successful actor in Hollywood during the silent film era . In La Virgen que una patria forjó it was his only Mexican film.
literature
- David E. Wilt: The Mexican Filmography. 1916 through 2001. McFarland & Co Inc, Jefferson NC et al. 2004, ISBN 0-7864-1537-1 .
- Carl J. Mora: Mexican Cinema. Reflections of a Society, 1896-2004. 3rd edition. McFarland & Co Inc, Jefferson NC et al. 2005, ISBN 0-7864-2083-9 .
Web links
- La Virgen que una patria forjó in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- La Virgen que forjó una patria on youtube.com
Individual evidence
- ↑ Fernando Delmar and Uriel Gordon: 8 películas para entender, idealizar y criticar la historia de México , published on October 20, 2010 on mexico.cnn.com, accessed on May 15, 2015. ( Memento of the original from February 15, 2015 in Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Information about the release of the film on imdb.com, accessed on May 16, 2015.
- ^ David E. Wilt: The Mexican Filmography. 1916 through 2001. McFarland & Co Inc, Jefferson NC et al. 2004, 61.
