Viva Zapata!
| Movie | |
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| German title | Viva Zapata! |
| Original title | Viva Zapata! |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1952 |
| length | 113 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
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| Director | Elia Kazan |
| script | John Steinbeck |
| production | Darryl F. Zanuck |
| music | Alex North |
| camera | Joseph MacDonald |
| cut | Barbara McLean |
| occupation | |
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Viva Zapata! is an American feature film of director Elia Kazan from the year 1952 . The drama documents the rise of the revolutionary farmer Emiliano Zapata (played by Marlon Brando ) to become a Mexican folk hero.
action
In 1909, farmers and farm workers demand the return of their lands from the Mexican President Diaz. The farmers are forcibly driven from the fields. Emiliano Zapata flees to the mountains with his brother Eufemio. There he received a message that Madero, along with Zapata and Pancho Villa, wanted to overthrow Diaz. After a short time, Zapata is captured. But farmers, Indians and farm workers can press him free.
Finally Diaz abdicates, now Zapata can marry his beloved Josefa. But Diaz's successor Madero is weak and relies on General Huerta's help, who wants to drive the farmers away again. Resistance breaks out again, in which Zapata even shoots his friend Pablo because he contacted President Madero to mediate. The influence of his companion Fernando grows stronger. After Madero falls, Zapata moves into Mexico City . When a delegation of farmers complains about his brother's corruption in his home country, he treats it as he was treated by Diaz at the time. Zapata is appalled by himself and goes back to his roots.
He stops his brother, who turns away from him. At home he teaches the farmers the importance of organizing themselves instead of hoping for a savior. He fell victim to a devious assassination attempt in 1919 and became a legend.
background
Anthony Quinn was surprised at Brando's choice to play the title character Zapata. He thought he, Quinn, with his natural Latino flair was a better choice. To see who the "better" Latino is, Quinn and Brando did a kind of competition. Whoever could urinate the furthest into the Rio Grande would represent the Zapata. Quinn lost the competition. The production studio had originally designated Tyrone Power for the role of Zapata. Most of the shooting for the film took place in Roma - a small town in Starr County in South Texas, right on the border with Mexico, with a lot of historical local color .
Reviews
The film service celebrated Kazan's film in its contemporary criticism as "an outstandingly staged, moving historical adventure film ." "The events are impressively condensed into a reflection on the fateful cycle of the revolution and the changes that possession of power can bring about in people."
"Core, profound political adventure"
Awards
- 1952: Marlon Brando was voted Best Actor at the Cannes Film Festival
- 1953: Oscar in the category Best Supporting Actor (Quinn), 4 other nominations
- 1953: British Film Academy Award for Marlon Brando for Best Foreign Actor
DVD release
- Viva Zapata! Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment 2006
Web links
- Viva Zapata! in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Viva Zapata! in the online film database
- Viva Zapata! at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Dick D. Heller Jr .: Roma - Los Saenz, TX. . In: Texas State Historical Association (TSHA) website . June 15, 2010, accessed May 8, 2020.
- ↑ Viva Zapata! In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ VIVA ZAPATA! Cinema . Retrieved February 24, 2018.