Film
El compadre Mendoza
Mexico- Director
- Fernando de Fuentes
- Year
- 1934
In the midst of the Mexican Revolution, the landowner Mendoza manages to get along with both the government and the revolutionary group. For the former, he is a supporter of Huerta. For the latter, he is a Zapata supporter. Depending on the political preference of whoever visits him at his hacienda, he has portraits of Huerta or Zapata put up, and organizes a party in honor of his visitors. However, time goes by and the situation becomes untenable. For whom will he take sides?
Top cast
Pepe del Río
Felipe Mendoza
Alfredo del Diestro
Rosalio Mendoza
Carmen Guerrero
Dolores 'Lolita' Garcia Mendoza
Antonio R. Frausto
Gen. Felipe Nieto
Luis G. Barreiro
Atenógenes
Emma Roldán
María
José Ignacio Rocha
Jerónimo
Abraham Galán
Colonel Martínez
Ricardo Carti
Ventura Mendoza
Alfonso Sánchez Tello
El Gordo
César Rendón
José Eduardo Pérez
Hermano menor de los Mendoza
Miguel M. Delgado
Max Langler
Directed by
Fernando de Fuentes
Written by
Juan Bustillo Oro, Mauricio Magdaleno, Fernando de Fuentes
Produced by
Rafael Ángel Frías, José Castellot hijo, Antonio Prida Santacilia
