Thunder Over Mexico

Thunder Over Mexico 1933 Directed by Sergei Eisenstein , Grigori Aleksandrov

As was common in Diaz's Mexico, a young hacienda worker finds his betrothed imprisoned and his life threatened by his master for confronting a hacienda guest for raping the girl. This film is the first of several attempts to make a feature-length motion picture out of the 200,000-plus feet of film shot by Sergei Eisenstein, on photographic expedition in Mexico during 1931-32 for Upton Sinclair and a cadre of private American producer-investors. Silent with music and English intertitles.

Country USA

Production Country USA

Language English

Spoken Languages English , Spanish

Gneres Documentary , Drama

Production Company The Mexican Picture Trust

Release Date 22 September 1933

70 mins