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Viva Zapata! is a 1952 American Western film directed by Elia Kazan and starring Marlon Brando. The screenplay was written by John Steinbeck, using Edgcomb Pinchon's 1941 book Zapata the Unconquerable as a guide. The cast includes Jean Peters, and in an Academy Award-winning performance, Anthony Quinn.
A 1952 film directed by Elia Kazan and starring Marlon Brando as Emiliano Zapata, who led a rebellion against the dictatorship of Porfirio Díaz. The film won an Oscar for Anthony Quinn as Zapata's brother and depicts his rise and fall as a leader of the Mexican revolution.
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- Biography, Drama, History
- Elia Kazan
- 1952-02-13
A classic biopic of Mexican revolutionary Emiliano Zapata, starring Marlon Brando and Anthony Quinn. See the critics' and audience's ratings, watch the trailer, and find out where to stream or buy the movie.
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- Marlon Brando
- Elia Kazan
- Biography
A biographical drama about Mexican revolutionary Emiliano Zapata, starring Marlon Brando and directed by Elia Kazan. Learn about the film's synopsis, cast, crew, awards, photos, videos and more on Turner Classic Movies.
- Elia Kazan, Horace Hough, Robert Snody
- Marlon Brando
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Summaries. 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. In 1909, Emiliano Zapata, a well-born but penniless Mexican Mestizo from the southern state of Morelos, comes to Mexico City to complain that their arable land has ...
