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Viva Zapata!
Directed by
Elia Kazan
Approved
1952
1h 53m
Drama
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Western
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7.2
53%
75%
6.9
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The story of Mexican revolutionary Emiliano Zapata, who led a rebellion against the corrupt, oppressive dictatorship of President Porfirio Díaz in the early 20th century.
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Cast of Viva Zapata!
Marlon Brando
Emiliano Zapata
Jean Peters
Josefa
Anthony Quinn
Eufemio Zapata
Joseph Wiseman
Fernando
Arnold Moss
Don Nacio
Alan Reed
Pancho Villa
Margo
Soldadera
Harold Gordon
Madero
Lou Gilbert
Pablo
Frank Silvera
Huerta
Fay Roope
Diaz
Florenz Ames
Senor Espejo
Richard Garrick
Old General
Mildred Dunnock
Senora Espejo
Abner Biberman
Captain (uncredited)
Henry Silva
Hernandez (uncredited)
Jack Carr
Huerta's Aide (uncredited)
Joseph Granby
General Fuentes (uncredited)
Rico Alaniz
Guard (uncredited)
Daniel Armijo
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Viva Zapata! Ratings & Reviews
Patheos
Eve Tushnet
I mostly didn't care for Brando's performance or the execrable, preachy script by John Steinbeck, and these actually good scenes felt like punctuation marks rather than the substance of the film.
Latinx Lens
Rosa Parra
When a film about the Mexican revolution focuses on Zapata's illiteracy instead of his actions to confront a dictatorship goes to show how Hollywood wants to depict Mexicans. Brando as Zapata, no thank you. Quinn makes this film slightly tolerable.
Movie Metropolis
James Plath
"Viva Zapata!" is one of those films that, while it continues to have impressive aspects, just doesn't hold up as well as it did when it was first made. You find yourself wishing it were in widescreen, and that they had hired at least ONE Latino actor.
EmanuelLevy.Com
Emanuel Levy
Kazan's biopic of the Mexican revolutionary offers good parts to Marlon Brando in the lead and Anthony Quinn as his brother, but it gets too conventional in the second half.
TV Guide
Great acting exercise, Tabascoed with Brando, peppered with Quinn, but otherwise Kazan/Steinbeck refried beans.
Variety
Variety Staff
Elia Kazan's direction strives for a personal intimacy but neither he nor the John Steinbeck scripting achieves in enough measure.
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
Ken Hanke
For all its shortcomings, Zapata remains a vital work that has a curious resonance today in light of Kazan's subsequent decision to "name names" for HUAC.
Kansas City Kansan
Steve Crum
Fine Kazan "western" w/strong Quinn and Brando turns.
New York Times
Bosley Crowther
Throbs with a rare vitality, and a masterful picture of a nation in revolutionary torment has been got by Director Elia Kazan.
Chicago Reader
Dave Kehr
The Mexican revolution whitewashed for east-coast intellectuals.
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