''Revolution'', ( es, Revolución) also known as ''La sombra de Pancho Villa'', (English: "Pancho Villa's Shadow") is a 1933 Mexican drama film. It was directed by

Miguel Contreras Torres Miguel Contreras Torres (September 28, 1899 – June 5, 1981) was a Mexican-born actor, screenwriter, film producer and director. Selected filmography Director * ''Juárez y Maximiliano'' (1934) * '' No te engañes corazón'' (1936) * ''La paloma' ...

, who also starred in the film. The film deals with the

Mexican Revolution The Mexican Revolution ( es, Revolución Mexicana) was an extended sequence of armed regional conflicts in Mexico from approximately 1910 to 1920. It has been called "the defining event of modern Mexican history". It resulted in the destruction ...

. It is one of the first Mexican films that dealt with the revolution, and the first sound film to do so.

Plot

Doroteo, engineering student, is in love with Adelita. However, the strongman of the region, Medrano, also desires the young woman and therefore has Doroteo imprisoned. While he is in jail, his ranch is raided and burned down. In this attack, Doroteo's grandmother is killed and his sister is raped. After being released, Doroteo participates in the revolution and joins Pancho Villa. After being defeated in the Battle of Celaya, he returns home, kills Medrano and marries Adelita. Then he rejoins the revolutionary troops.

Cast

as Daniel Romero aka Doroteo Villar *

Luis G. Barreiro Luis G. Barreiro (1886–1947) was a Mexican film actor.Agrasánchez p.158 Selected filmography * ''Such Is My Country'' (1937) * ''Heads or Tails (1937 film), Heads or Tails'' (1937) * ''These Men (film), These Men'' (1937) * ''Beautiful Mexico' ...

as Canuto aka Sanguijela * Manuel Tamés as Macario aka Sietevidas * Alfredo del Diestro as Medrano * Rosita Arriaga as Romero's Widow *

Carmen Guerrero Carmen R. Guerrero Pérez (born November 15, 1974) was the former Secretary of the Puerto Rico Department of Natural and Environmental Resources and as of June 2016, is the director of the Caribbean Environmental Protection Division of the Envi ...

as Adelita * Sofía Álvarez as Valentina *

Antonio R. Frausto Antonio R. Frausto (1897–1954) was a Mexican film actor.Mora p.39 A leading character actor he became a familiar face during the Golden age of Mexican cinema, appearing more than ninety films. He played the nineteenth century dictator of Mexico ...

as Pantaleón * Paquita Estrada as María * Adalberto Menéndez as Martín * Emma Roldán as Healer * Alfonso Sánchez Tello as Villista General * Ricardo Carti as Villista General *

Ramón Peón Ramón Peón (1887–1971) was a Cuban actor, screenwriter and film director. He also produced and edited some of his films.Hershfield & Maciel, p. 41 Selected filmography * '' El veneno de un beso'' (1929) * '' Road of Hell'' (1931) * ''Sanctua ...

as Canteeneer * Max Langler as Medrano's Minion

Production

himself took part in the

. He fought in the army of

Venustiano Carranza José Venustiano Carranza de la Garza (; 29 December 1859 – 21 May 1920) was a Mexican wealthy land owner and politician who was Governor of Coahuila when the constitutionally elected president Francisco I. Madero was overthrown in a February ...

. Contreras Torres not only directed and starred the film, he also wrote the script and produced it in his own production company. In the United States, the film was distributed by

Columbia Pictures Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. is an American film production studio that is a member of the Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group, a division of Sony Pictures Entertainment, which is one of the Big Five studios and a subsidiary of the mu ...

in 1934 without subtitles.

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*{{IMDb title, 0023391 1933 films 1930s historical drama films Mexican historical drama films 1930s Spanish-language films Mexican black-and-white films Films about Pancho Villa Films directed by Miguel Contreras Torres Mexican Revolution films 1933 drama films

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