El compadre Mendoza (1934)

Name: El compadre Mendoza
Genre: Drama, War
Released: 1934-04-05
Duration: 85 min
Cast: Pepe del Río, Alfredo del Diestro, Carmen Guerrero, Antonio R. Frausto, Luis G. Barreiro

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?

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Released 1934-04-05 · 85 min · Drama, War

Directed by Fernando de Fuentes

Cast

Pepe del Río as Felipe Mendoza
Alfredo del Diestro as Rosalio Mendoza
Carmen Guerrero as Dolores 'Lolita' Garcia Mendoza
Antonio R. Frausto as Gen. Felipe Nieto
Luis G. Barreiro as Atenógenes
Emma Roldán as María
José Ignacio Rocha as Jerónimo
Abraham Galán as Colonel Martínez
Ricardo Carti as Ventura Mendoza
Alfonso Sánchez Tello as El Gordo
César Rendón
José Eduardo Pérez as Hermano menor de los Mendoza
Miguel M. Delgado
Max Langler