Movie: Memories of a Mexican

Top 7 Billed Cast

Manuel Bernal
Manuel Bernal

Narrator

Porfirio Díaz
Porfirio Díaz

Self (archive footage)

Francisco I. Madero
Francisco I. Madero

Self (archive footage)

Emiliano Zapata
Emiliano Zapata

Self (archive footage)

Venustiano Carranza
Venustiano Carranza

Self (archive footage)

Pancho Villa
Pancho Villa

Self (archive footage)

Victoriano Huerta
Victoriano Huerta

Self (archive footage)

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    Explore the events of the Mexican Revolution as they are recreated through the use of archival material and interviews with participants and scholars. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2012.

  • Release Date

    1950-08-24

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