''Porfirio Díaz'' is a 1944 Mexican

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directed by Rafael M. Saavedra and Raphael J. Sevilla. The former also wrote the script. The film portrays the life of the nineteenth-century Mexican general and

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Porfirio Díaz José de la Cruz Porfirio Díaz Mori (; ; 15 September 1830 – 2 July 1915) was a General (Mexico), Mexican general and politician who was the dictator of Mexico from 1876 until Mexican Revolution, his overthrow in 1911 seizing power in a Plan ...

.Turner p.301

Cast

* Emilio Brillas * Asunción Casal * Fernando Curiel * Mimí Derba * Tony Díaz * Gloria Estrada * Conchita Gentil Arcos * José Goula * Rafael Icardo * Miguel Inclán * José Luis Jiménez * Max Langler * Chel López *

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* Alicia de Phillips * Salvador Quiroz * Humberto Rodríguez * Virginia Serret *

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* Dolores Tinoco * David Valle González * Aurora Zermeño

References

Bibliography

* Turner, Frederick. ''The Dynamic of Mexican Nationalism''. University of North Carolina Press, 1968.

External links

* 1944 films 1940s biographical films 1940s historical films Mexican biographical films Mexican historical films 1940s Spanish-language films Films set in the 19th century Films directed by Raphael J. Sevilla Biographical films about presidents Cultural depictions of Porfirio Díaz Second French intervention in Mexico films {{1940s-Mexico-film-stub Mexican black-and-white films 1940s Mexican films