Viva Zapata!
Viva Zapata! is a 1952 American Western film directed by Elia Kazan and starring Marlon Brando. The screenplay was written by John Steinbeck, using Edgcomb Pinchon's 1941 book Zapata the Unconquerable as a guide. The cast includes Jean Peters, and in an Academy Award-winning performance, Anthony Quinn.
Plot
Emiliano Zapata is part of a delegation sent to complain about injustices to corrupt longtime president Porfirio Díaz, but Díaz dismisses their concerns, driving Zapata to open rebellion, along with his brother Eufemio. He unites with Pancho Villa under the leadership of naive reformer Francisco Madero.
Awards
Cast
- Abner Biberman
- Alan Reed
- Alex Montoya
- Anthony Quinn
- Arnold Moss
- Fay Roope
- Florenz Ames
- Frank de Kova
- Frank Silvera
- Fred Sadoff
- George J. Lewis
- Henry Silva
- Jean Peters
- Joseph Wiseman
- Larry Duran
- Margo
- Marlon Brando
- Mildred Dunnock
- Nestor Paiva
- Peter Mamakos
- Philip Van Zandt
- Ric Roman
- Richard Garrick
- Rico Alaniz
More details
| author | John Steinbeck |
|---|---|
| award | Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor |
| contentLocation | Mexico |
| director | Elia Kazan |
| editor | Barbara McLean |
| events | Mexican Revolution |
| genre | action drama western |
| keywords | campesinos drive elite end eufemio eufemio zapata francisco madero kill murder nothing pancho villa rebel leader ten tragic days tenant farmer than the then has him murdered victoriano huerta |
| musicBy | Alex North |
| nomination | Academy Award for Best Actor Academy Award for Best Art Direction, Black and White Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic or Comedy Score Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay |
| producer | Darryl F. Zanuck |
| publisher | 20th Century Fox |
| recordedAt | Colorado Mexico New Mexico Roma |
| theme | biographical |