El compadre Mendoza

Apr 5, 1934

1h 25m

★ 6.6

Overview

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?

Genres

Drama

War

Production Companies

Interamericana Films

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Cast

Felipe Mendoza

Pepe del Río

Rosalio Mendoza

Alfredo del Diestro

Dolores 'Lolita' Garcia Mendoza

Carmen Guerrero

Gen. Felipe Nieto

Antonio R. Frausto

Atenógenes

Luis G. Barreiro

María

Emma Roldán

Jerónimo

José Ignacio Rocha

Colonel Martínez

Abraham Galán

Ventura Mendoza

Ricardo Carti

El Gordo

Alfonso Sánchez Tello

César Rendón

Hermano menor de los Mendoza

José Eduardo Pérez

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