Sergei Eisenstein: Mexican Fantasy
Not Rated
Documentary
Starring: Alexandra Scheff, Grigori Aleksandrov, Sergei Eisenstein, Martín Hernández, David Liceága
Writer: Oleg Kovalov, Sergei Eisenstein
Release Date:
February 12, 1998
February 12, 1998
Ratings:
6.8 / 10
6.8 / 10
Director:
Sergei Eisenstein & Oleg Kovalov
Sergei Eisenstein & Oleg Kovalov
Companies:
Gosfilmfond Russia
Gosfilmfond Russia
Overview
Eisenstein shot 50 hours of footage on location in Mexico in 1931 and 32 for what would have become ¡Que viva México!, but was not able to finish the film. Following two wildly different reconstruction attempts in 1939 (Marie Seton's 'Time in the Sun') and 1979 (Grigori Alexandrov's '¡Que viva México!') Kovalov has here compiled another hypothetical version of what Eisenstein's film might have been.
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