The Cemetery of the Eagles
The Cemetery of the Eagles | |
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Directed by | Luis Lezama |
Written by | Íñigo de Martino |
Starring | Jorge Negrete Margarita Mora |
Cinematography | |
Edited by | |
Music by | Alfonso Esparza Oteo |
Production company | Aztla Films |
Distributed by | Aztla Films |
Release date | 1 September 1939 |
Running time | 94 minutes |
Country | Mexico |
Language | Spanish |
The Cemetery of the Eagles (Spanish:El cementerio de las águilas) is a 1939 Mexican historical war film directed by Luis Lezama and starring Jorge Negrete, Margarita Mora and . It is set during the Mexican–American War of the 1840s.[1] The film's sets were designed by José Rodríguez Granada. The battles of Churubusco and Chapultepec were recreated. It premiered on 1 September 1939, the same day as the Second World War broke out in Europe.[2] The film's overtly patriotic theme proved very popular at the Mexican box office.[3]
Cast[]
- Jorge Negrete as Miguel de la Peña
- Margarita Mora as Mercedes de Zúñiga y Miranda
- as Agustín Melgar
- as Ana María de Zúñiga y Miranda
- as Rafael Alfaro
- as Don Pedro de Zúñiga y Miranda
- as Doña Nieves de Zúñiga y Miranda
- Pepe Martínez as Luis Manuel Martínez de Castro
- as General Nicolás Bravo
- as Gral. Monterde
- as Elvira
- Miguel Inclán as Gral. Pedro Ma. Anaya
- as Jose Ma. Alfaro
- as Juan de la Barrera
- as Vicente Suárez
- as Juan Escutia
- as Francisco Márquez
- Manolo Fábregas as Fernando Montes de Oca
- Crox Alvarado as Capt. Alemán
- as Gen. Santa Ana
- Julio Ahuet as Invitado al baile
- Rafael Baledón as Invitado al baile
- Manuel Dondé as Sirviente
- Tito Junco as Soldado
- Víctor Junco as Soldado
- as Rejón, el diputado
- as Invitado al baile
- Guillermo Rivas
- as Severiano, cochero
References[]
Bibliography[]
- Van Wagenen, Michael. Remembering the Forgotten War: The Enduring Legacies of the U.S./Mexican War. Univ of Massachusetts Press, 2012.
External links[]
Categories:
- Spanish-language films
- 1939 films
- 1930s war drama films
- 1930s historical drama films
- Mexican historical drama films
- Mexican war drama films
- Mexican films
- Films set in the 1840s
- Films set in Mexico City
- Films directed by Luis Lezama
- Mexican black-and-white films
- 1939 drama films
- 1930s Mexican film stubs