Poster for the movie Sergei Eisenstein: Mexican Fantasy

Sergei Eisenstein: Mexican Fantasy

1998 • 99 minutes
Documentary

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.

Picture of Alexandra Scheff

Alexandra Scheff

Narrator

Picture of Grigori Aleksandrov

Grigori Aleksandrov

Himself

Picture of Sergei Eisenstein

Sergei Eisenstein

Himself

Picture of Martín Hernández

Martín Hernández

Sebastian

Picture of David Liceága

David Liceága

Matador

Picture of Julio Saldívar

Julio Saldívar

Hacienda Owner

Picture of Eduard Tisse

Eduard Tisse

Himself

Picture of Isabel Villaseñor

Isabel Villaseñor

Maria