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Vámonos con Pancho Villa
1936 | B/N | 92:00

During the Mexican Revolution, a group of brave peasants known as the Leones de San Pablo join Pancho Villa’s army. After a few battles, with more defeats than victories behind them, the original group has shrunk in number, and a series of troubles leads them to rethink their position.


Country: México
Direction: de Fuentes; Fernando
Script: de Fuentes; Fernando, Villaurrutia; Xavier, basado en la novela homónima de F. Muñoz; Rafael
Production: J. Pani; Alberto
Photography: Draper; J. A., Figueroa; Gabriel
Sound: Fernández; Eduardo, Ruiz Esparza; Rafael
Music: Revueltas; Silvestre
Cast:R. Frausto; Antonio, Soler; Domingo, Tamez; Manuel, Vallarino; Ramon, López Chaflán; Carlos, de Anda; Raúl
Art direction: Rodríguez Granada; Mariano, Ruiz; Antonio
Participation year at FICM: 2023

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