Sergei Eisenstein: Mexican Fantasy
Directed by Sergei Eisenstein, Oleg Kovalov
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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.Read moreLess
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.
The story
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.
Cast & crew
Grigori AleksandrovHimself
Sergei EisensteinHimself
Eduard TisseHimselfExplore the crew
- Director
- Sergei Eisenstein
- Producer
- Sergei Selyanov
- Producer
- Upton Sinclair
- Editor
- Oleg Kovalov
- Writer
- Oleg Kovalov
- Writer
- Sergei Eisenstein
- Director
- Oleg Kovalov
- Director of Photography
- Yevgeni Shermergor
- Director of Photography
- Eduard Tisse