Así es mi tierra (1937)
With revolutionary Mexico as a backdrop, a successful local rancher returns triumphant from the war to the praise of townsfolk, and "El General" is ready to take a wife. However the senorita of choice already has fallen for a secret admirer, and a boyhood rival who is threatened by the General's popularity in turn plots against his life.
- Date of release
- 1937-09-15
- TMDB
- 7.6 / 10 (38)
- Runtime
- 1h 22m
- Genres
- Comedy
- Director
- Arkady Boytler
- Collection
- Cantinflas Collection
Casting
- Antonio R. Frausto — General
- Mercedes Soler — Isabelita
- Cantinflas — Tejón
- Manuel Medel — Procopio
- Luis G. Barreiro — Licenciado
- Margarita Cortés — Cholita
- Juan José Martínez Casado — Filomeno
- Amelia Wilhelmy — Adelita
- Ángel T. Sala — Compadre gallo
- Miguel Wimer — Cayetano
- Guillermo Calles — Gonzalo
- Carolina Barret — Carolina (uncredited)
Interesting facts
Such Is My Country is a 1937 Mexican comedy film directed by Arcady Boytler and starring Antonio R. Frausto, Mercedes Soler, Juan José Martínez Casado, Manuel Medel, and Mario Moreno «Cantinflas». It was the first film to feature Cantinflas in a prominent role and the first of Cantinflas's films together with Medel as a team.
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