DVD
Qué viva México! = Da zdravstvuyet Meksika!
Edition
Deluxe ed. ; full screen version.
Languages
Russian narration, English subtitles.
Performers
Narrator, Sergei Bondarchuk.
Publication Information
New York : Kino on Video, c2001.
Physical Description
1 videodisc (85 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Audience
MPAA rating: Not rated.
Summary
Que viva Mexico: A film document of the history of Mexico, presented in four novellas: Sandunga, an exposition of Tehuantepec jungles and the peaceful lifestyles of their inhabitants; Manguei, a love story about a poor peon and his bride; Fiesta, devoted to bullfighting and romantic love; and Soldadera, a portrayal of the 1910 revolution in Mexico as depicted in the frescoes of Siqueiros, Rivera, and Orosco.
Romance sentimentale: Eisenstein's first sound film, this experimental 1930 short is a dazzling symphony of images and sounds, made in collaboration with Alexandrov and Tisse.
Misery and fortune of woman: A 20 minute excerpt from an ultra-rare 1929 film by Eisenstein, Alexandrov and Tisse intended to encourage legal and sanitary birth/abortion clinics in Europe. A dramatization of the plight of working class women.
Notes
Previously issued in less complete version under title: Thunder over Mexico.
Reconstructed by Grigori Aleksandrov and Nikita Orlov in 1979 from materials directed by Sergei Eisenstein in 1931.
Special features: Que Viva clippings: a sampling of texts pertaining to the production and release of Que Viva Mexico.
Contents
- Que viva Mexico Romance sentimentale : a cinematographic study with Mara Griy / Misery and fortune of woman = Frauennot, Frauenglück