Qué viva México! Da zdravstvuet Meksika

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Title:

Qué viva México! Da zdravstvuet Meksika

Author:

Eisenstein, Sergei, 1898-1948.

Uniform Title:

Que viva Mexico (Motion picture)

Edition:

[DVD version].

Publication Information:

New York : Kino on Video, 2001.

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (85 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.

Summary:

[Que viva México!] "With sequences devoted to the Edenic land of Tehuantepec, the savage majesty of the bullfight, the struggles of the noble peon and the hypnotic imagery of the Day of the Dead, [the film] is a vivid tapestry of Mexican life. [Romance sentimentale] A dazzling symphony of images and sounds. [Misery and fortune of woman] Uses Soviet-style montage to promote safe ob/gyn medicine in Europe."--Container.

General Note:

Deluxe ed.

Reconstructed by Grigory Aleksandrov and Nikita Orlov in 1979 from footage produced in 1931.

Special features include: Romance sentimentale ; Misery and fortune of woman (excerpt) ; Que viva clippings.

For specific features see interactive menu.

Language:

Russian

Contents:

Que viva Mexico (1931/1979, 85 min.) -- Romance sentimentale : a cinematographic study with Mara Griy / scenario and direction, S.M. Eisenstein and G.V. Alexandroff ; music, Alexis Archangelsky ; production, Sequana-Film (1930, 20 min.) -- Misery and fortune of woman = Frauennot, Frauenglück / Lazar Wechsler presents ; Praesens-Film AG ; photographed by Eduard Tisse ; directed by Sergei Eisenstein and Grigory Alexandrov ; music by Martin Uhl ; restored by Bret Wood (1929, 20 min.).

Subject Term:

Women's health services -- Europe -- Drama.

Motion pictures -- Soviet Union.

Geographic Term:

Mexico -- History -- Drama.

Mexico -- Social conditions -- Drama.

Mexico -- Social life and customs -- Drama.

Mexico -- Description and travel.

Genre:

Documentary films.

Experimental films.

Short films.