Thunder Over Mexico (1933)

As was common in Diaz's Mexico, a young hacienda worker finds his betrothed imprisoned and his life threatened by his master for confronting a hacienda guest for raping the girl. This film is the first of several attempts to make a feature-length motion picture out of the 200,000-plus feet of film shot by Sergei Eisenstein, on photographic expedition in Mexico during 1931-32 for Upton Sinclair and a cadre of private American producer-investors. Silent with music and English intertitles.

Released Sept. 22, 1933 70 min None+

Genres: Documentary, Drama, History

Keywords: tmdb.mexico, tmdb.docudrama, tmdb.mexican-history, tmdb.mexican-culture, imdb.mexico, imdb.controversy, imdb.trampled-by-a-horse + 10 more, imdb.aztec-indian, imdb.horse, imdb.pyramid, imdb.peonage, imdb.rape, imdb.peasants-vs-aristocrats, imdb.injustice, imdb.mexican-revolution-allegory, imdb.revolution, imdb.young