Sergei Eisenstein: Mexican Fantasy

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

February 12, 1998

Original language

Russian

Spoken languages

Russian

Countries

Russia

Production

CTB Film Company,Gosfilmfond Russia,Gosfilmofond

Cast

Alexandra Scheff,Grigori Aleksandrov,Sergei Eisenstein,Martín Hernández,David Liceága,Julio Saldívar,Eduard Tisse,Isabel Villaseñor

Director

Sergei Eisenstein,Oleg Kovalov

Writer

Sergei Eisenstein,Oleg Kovalov

Producer

Sergei Selyanov,Upton Sinclair,Vladimir Khaunin

Cinematography

Eduard Tisse,Yevgeni Shermergor

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0158935