El compadre Mendoza (1934)
In the midst of the Mexican Revolution, the landowner Mendoza manages to get along with both the government and the revolutionary group. For the former, he is a supporter of Huerta. For the latter, he is a Zapata supporter. Depending on the political preference of whoever visits him at his hacienda, he has portraits of Huerta or Zapata put up, and organizes a party in honor of his visitors. However, time goes by and the situation becomes untenable. For whom will he take sides?
- Date of release
- 1934-04-05
- TMDB
- 6.7 / 10 (26)
- Runtime
- 1h 25m
- Genres
- Drama, War
- Director
- Fernando de Fuentes
Casting
- Pepe del Río — Felipe Mendoza
- Alfredo del Diestro — Rosalio Mendoza
- Carmen Guerrero — Dolores 'Lolita' Garcia Mendoza
- Antonio R. Frausto — Gen. Felipe Nieto
- Luis G. Barreiro — Atenógenes
- Emma Roldán — María
- José Ignacio Rocha — Jerónimo
- Abraham Galán — Colonel Martínez
- Ricardo Carti — Ventura Mendoza
- Alfonso Sánchez Tello — El Gordo
- César Rendón
- José Eduardo Pérez — Hermano menor de los Mendoza
Interesting facts
- Filmed in: Mexico
Godfather Mendoza is a 1934 Mexican film. It was directed by Fernando de Fuentes, and is the second of his Revolution Trilogy, preceded by El prisionero trece (1933) and followed by Vámonos con Pancho Villa (1936).
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