The Mexican Revolution (TV)

Mexikaniche Revolution - German title

Die mexikanische Revolution - Rebell ohne Waffe (Part I) - German title

Die mexikanische Revolution - Machtkampf ohne Gnade (Part II) - German title

Mexican Revolution - English title

A 1968 West German television production [Windrose-Filmproduktion, Zweites Deutsches

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Producers: J.J. Frank, Peter von Zahn

Director: Jürgen Goslar

Story: Michael Mansfield (Eckart Heinze-Mansfeld)

Teleplay: Michael Mansfield (Eckart Heinze-Mansfeld)

Photography: ? [black & white]

Music: ?

Running time: 149 minutes

Cast:

Francisco Madero - Konrad Georg

Zapata - Erik Schumann

Villa - Horst Niendorf

Gonzales - Claus Biederstaedt

Diaz - Ernst Fritz Fürbringer

Obregon - Jürgen Goslar

Limantour - Franz Schafheitlin

Huerta - Heinz Klevenow (Heinz Klevenow, Jr.)

Flores - Albert Bessler

Herrera - Wolfgang Schwarz

Gustavo Madero - Jan Hendriks

Navarro - Martin Hirthe

Fierro - Wolfgang Völz

Pino - Harry Engel

Andres - Günter Glaser

Carranza - P. Walter Jacob (Paul Walter Jacob)

Wilson - Gert Frickhöffer (Gerd Frickhöffer)

Sterling - Wolfgang Spier

Sanchez - Herbert Knippenberg

Mexico in 1910, resembles a powder keg. Immeasurable is the misery of the rural population. Based on the 330 large families in the country, for thirty years ruled by the aged President Porfirio Diaz. Francisco Madero, himself a member of a millionaire family, wants to enforce that the liberal constitution per se of the country finally becomes a reality. He wants at any price to shed blood and initiates the bloodiest revolution of the century. Pancho Villa joins with his bands with the liberal Madero. Even Emiliano Zapata, the Indian leader of the farm workers movement, joints with his followers to the group. At the end of many hard clashes Madero is declared the winner in Mexico City.

This made for television mini-series was shown in three parts on German TV in August of 1968.