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RUSSIA · 1933

Eisenstein in Mexico

Sergei Eisenstein
Soviet Poetic Cinema filmmaking artistic ambition cultural collision unfinished projects Soviet cinema
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Synopsis

The story of Russian director Sergei M. Eisenstein in Mexico trying to film his unfinished ¡Que Viva Mexico! - Da zdravstvuyet Meksika! (1979).

Year1933
CountryRussia
DirectorSergei Eisenstein
MovementSoviet Poetic Cinema
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