The Mexican (1956)
1910 year. Mexican patriots are preparing an uprising against the dictatorship of Diaz. Young Felipe Rivera joins the revolutionary junta, whose father and mother were shot by dictators. The hour of rebellion is near, but the heroes lack weapons. To get the necessary amount of money, Rivera decides to perform in the ring against Ward, America’s strongest boxer...
Director: Vladimir Kaplunovskiy
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Oleg Strizhenov as Rivera / Fernandez |
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Boris Andreyev as Paulino Vera |
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Daniil Sagal as Arrellano |
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Mark Pertsovskiy as Ramos |
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Nadezhda Rumyantseva as May |
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Vladimir Dorofeyev as Diego |
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Tatyana Samoylova as Maria |
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Lev Durasov as detachment commander |
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Mikhail Astangov as Kelly |
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Georgi Slabinyak as Roberts |
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Gennadi Stepanov as Ward |
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Leonid Kmit as Hagerty |
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Maksim Grekov as Mateo |
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Georgiy Vitsin as Carthey |
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Leonid Nedovich as высокий бродяга |
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Viktor Kolpakov as fat tramp |
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Zana Zanoni as Rivera's mother |
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Yevgeni Morgunov as Michael |
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Mikhail Medvedev as homeowner |
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Anatoliy Solovyov as american |
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Nikolay Grabbe as Rivera's assistant on the ring (uncredited) |
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Sergei Troitsky as judge of a boxing match (uncredited) |
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Aserbaydzhan Mambetov as |
| Writing | Emil Braginskiy | Writer |
| Writing | Jack London | Short Story |
| Directing | Vladimir Kaplunovskiy | Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Konstantin Efimov | Costume Design |
| Camera | Sergei Poluyanov | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Mikhail Chulaki | Original Music Composer |
| Art | Konstantin Urbetis | Production Design |
| Editing | Tatyana Zinchuk | Editor |
| Art | Lyudmila Ryashentseva | Assistant Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Nikolai Zakharov | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Arnold Roytman | Conductor |
| Art | Felix Boguslavsky | Set Decoration |
| Camera | Levan Paatashvili | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Konstantin Suponitsky | Assistant Camera |
| Visual Effects | Mikhail Semyonov | VFX Artist |
| Directing | Vladimir Semakov | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Vladimir Bogdankevich | Sound Director |
| Writing | Ignatiy Rostovtsev | Script Editor |
| Writing | Tatyana Sikorskaya | Lyricist |
| Writing | Samuil Bolotin | Lyricist |
| Camera | M. Kuznetsov | Assistant Camera |
| Directing | Gleb Komarovsky | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | M. Kauzova | Second Assistant Director |
| Writing | Lev Olevsky | Script Consultant |
| Crew | Viktor Mikhaylov | Stunt Coordinator |
| Visual Effects | Boris Gorbachev | Visual Effects Camera |
| Visual Effects | Pyotr Malanichev | Visual Effects Camera |
| Production | Vladimir Ageev | Executive Producer |
| Production | Mikhail Levin | Executive Producer |