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Vladimir Kaplunovsky
Vladimir may refer to:
Names
* Vladimir (name) for the Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Macedonian, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak and Slovenian spellings of a Slavic name
* Uladzimir for the Belarusian version of the name
* Volodymyr for the Ukr ...
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Emil Braginsky
Emil (Emmanuel) Veniaminovich Braginsky (russian: link=no, Эми́ль (Эммануэль) Вениами́нович Браги́нский, 19 November 1921 – 26 May 1998) was a Soviet/Russian screenwriter and an Honored Art Worker of the RS ...
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Oleg Strizhenov
Oleg Aleksandrovich Strizhenov (russian: Олег Александрович Стриженов; born 10 August 1929 in Blagoveshchensk) is a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor. People's Artist of the USSR (1988).
Life and career
Strizhenov ...
Boris AndreyevNadezhda Rumyantseva
Nadezhda Vasilyevna Rumyantseva (russian: Надежда Васильевна Румянцева, 9 September 1930, Potapovo, Smolensk Oblast — 8 April 2008, Moscow) was a popular Soviet and Russian actress. People’s Artist of the RSFSR (1991 ...
, music =
Mikhail Chulaki
Mikhail Ivanovich Chulaki (russian: Михаи́л Ива́нович Чула́ки, also transliterated as Tchulaki and Tschulaki) ( in Simferopol – January 29, 1989 in Moscow) was a Soviet Russian composer and teacher.
He studied under the c ...
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Sergei Poluyanov
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Mosfilm
Mosfilm (russian: Мосфильм, ''Mosfil’m'' ) is a film studio which is among the largest and oldest in the Russian Federation and in Europe. Founded in 1924 in the USSR as a production unit of that nation's film monopoly, its output incl ...
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, released = 1955
, runtime = 89 minutes
, country = Soviet Union
, language = Russian
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The Mexican (russian: Мексиканец, Meksikanets) is a 1955
Soviet
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen nation ...
drama film directed by
Vladimir Kaplunovsky
Vladimir may refer to:
Names
* Vladimir (name) for the Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Macedonian, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak and Slovenian spellings of a Slavic name
* Uladzimir for the Belarusian version of the name
* Volodymyr for the Ukr ...
based on a
short story
A short story is a piece of prose fiction that typically can be read in one sitting and focuses on a self-contained incident or series of linked incidents, with the intent of evoking a single effect or mood. The short story is one of the oldest ...
by
Jack London
John Griffith Chaney (January 12, 1876 – November 22, 1916), better known as Jack London, was an American novelist, journalist and activist. A pioneer of commercial fiction and American magazines, he was one of the first American authors to ...
.
Plot
During the early years of the
Mexican Revolution, a group of Mexicans rebels living in Los Angeles begin collecting money to fund the Revolutionary Army who is fighting to overthrow the
Porfirio Díaz's regime. Felipe Rivera, a young man who just crossed the
Mexico–United States border
The Mexico–United States border ( es, frontera Estados Unidos–México) is an international border separating Mexico and the United States, extending from the Pacific Ocean in the west to the Gulf of Mexico in the east. The border trave ...
wants to join the rebels. He is accepted in the group only under the condition that he proves his loyalty to the revolutionary cause.
Knowing that the rebels lack enough money to buy weapons to arm the revolutionaries, Rivera decides to fight against well-know boxer Danny Ward in order to secure some funds for the Revolutionary Army.
Cast
*
Oleg Strizhenov
Oleg Aleksandrovich Strizhenov (russian: Олег Александрович Стриженов; born 10 August 1929 in Blagoveshchensk) is a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor. People's Artist of the USSR (1988).
Life and career
Strizhenov ...
as Fernández / Felipe Rivera
*
Boris Andreyev as Felipe Vera
*
Daniil Sagal
Daniil (russian: Даниил) is a Russian masculine given name; equivalent to that of the English given name Daniel.
Notable examples
People named Daniil include:
Arts and literature
* Daniil Andreyev (1906–1959), Russian writer, poet, and C ...
as Arellano
*
Mark Petrovsky
Mark Petrovskii is a Russian boxer. He competed at the 2021 AIBA World Boxing Championships
The 2021 AIBA World Boxing Championships were held in Belgrade, Serbia from 25 October to 6 November. Belgrade was picked to host the championships ...
as Ramos
*
Nadezhda Rumyantseva
Nadezhda Vasilyevna Rumyantseva (russian: Надежда Васильевна Румянцева, 9 September 1930, Potapovo, Smolensk Oblast — 8 April 2008, Moscow) was a popular Soviet and Russian actress. People’s Artist of the RSFSR (1991 ...
as May
*
Vladimir Dorofeyev
Vladimir may refer to:
Names
* Vladimir (name) for the Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Macedonian, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak and Slovenian spellings of a Slavic name
* Uladzimir for the Belarusian version of the name
* Volodymyr for the Ukr ...
as Diego
*
Tatiana Samoilova
Tatiana Yevgenyevna Samoilova (russian: link=no, Татья́на Евге́ньевна Само́йлова; 4 May 1934 – 4 May 2014) was a Soviet and Russian film actress best known for her lead role in ''The Cranes Are Flying'' (1957). She ...
as María
*
Lev Durasov
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*Bulgarian lev, the currency of Bulgaria
*an abbreviation for Leviticus, the third book of the Hebrew Bible and the Torah
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*Lev (given name)
* Lev (surname)
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*Lev, Azerbaijan, ...
as Unit Commander
*
Mikhail Astangov
Mikhail Fyodorovich Astangov (russian: Михаи́л Фёдорович Аста́нгов), real surname Ruzhnikov () ( in Warsaw – 20 April 1965 in Moscow) was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor. People's Artist of the USSR (1955).
...
as Kelly
*
Georgi Slabinyak as Roberts
*
Gennady Stepanov
Gennady ( rus, Геннадий, p=ɡʲɪˈnadʲɪj), also spelled Gennadi or Gennadiy, is a Russian male name. They are derived from the Greek given name Gennadius.
People
*Gennady Gladkov, Soviet and Russian composer
* Gennady Golovkin, Kazakh b ...
as Danny Ward
See also
*
The Fighter (1952 film)
''The Fighter'' is a 1952 American film noir boxing film based on the 1911 short story "The Mexican" by Jack London. The film is directed by Herbert Kline and produced by Alex Gottlieb. Kline and Aben Kandel wrote the adapted screenplay. The film ...
References
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1955 films
1955 drama films
1950s historical films
Films based on works by Jack London
Films set in Mexico
Mexican Revolution films
Mosfilm films
Films set in Los Angeles
1950s Russian-language films
Soviet drama films