Directed by:
Miguel Contreras TorresScreenplay:
Miguel Contreras TorresCinematography:
Alex PhillipsCast:
Luis Alcoriza, Estela Inda, José Baviera, Miguel Inclán, Domingo Soler, Antonio Bravo, Francisco Jambrina, Miguel Arenas, Enrique García Álvarez (more)Plots(1)
Father José María Morelos y Pavón continues to fight for Mexico’s’ independence. Named Chief of the South by Father Miguel Hidalgo, Morelos takes control of the main squares of Oaxaca and Acapulco. After the signing of the Constitution of Apatzingán, Mexico’s first republican constitution, the insurgents, under the leadership of Morelos, experience various defeats. Morelos is eventually captured by the Spanish army and sentenced to death. (Morelia International Film Festival)
(more)Cast
Luis Alcoriza
Spain
Best movies:
The Great Madcap (1949)
Estela Inda
Mexico
Best movies:
The Young and the Damned (1950)
José Baviera
Spain
Best movies:
The Exterminating Angel (1962)
Viva Maria! (1965)
Gran Casino (1947)
Miguel Inclán
Mexico
Best movies:
The Young and the Damned (1950)
Fort Apache (1948)
The Fugitive (1947)
Domingo Soler
Mexico
Best movies:
Fever Mounts at El Pao (1959)
Antonio Bravo
Spain
Best movies:
The Exterminating Angel (1962)
Nazarin (1959)
Rehearsal for a Crime (1955)
Francisco Jambrina
Spain
Best movies:
The Young and the Damned (1950)
Fever Mounts at El Pao (1959)
Gran Casino (1947)
Miguel Arenas
Spain
Best movies:
Fever Mounts at El Pao (1959)
Macario (1960)
Enrique García Álvarez
Spain
Best movies:
The Exterminating Angel (1962)
Even the Wind Is Afraid (1968)
Víctor Urruchúa
Mexico
Best movies:
Two Monks (1934)
José Elías Moreno
Mexico
Best movies:
The River and Death (1955)
Night of the Bloody Apes (1969)
Consuelo Frank
Mexico
Best movies:
Macario (1960)
Santo contra la invasión de los marcianos (1966)
Carlos López Moctezuma
Mexico
Best movies:
The Proud and the Beautiful (1953)
¡Patakín! quiere decir ¡fábula! (1983)
800 Leagues Over the Amazon (1958)
Manuel Dondé
Mexico
Best movies:
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
The Holy Mountain (1973)
Rehearsal for a Crime (1955)
Manuel Arvide
Mexico
Best movies:
Nazarin (1959)
The Beast of Hollow Mountain (1956)
Arturo Soto Rangel
Mexico
Best movies:
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
The Proud and the Beautiful (1953)
The Big Steal (1949)
Edmundo Espino
Mexico
Salvador Quiroz
Mexico
Best movies:
The Young and the Damned (1950)
Ascent to Heaven (1952)
María Candelaria (1944)
Víctor Velázquez
Best movies:
Santo in the Wax Museum (1963)
Samson vs. the Vampire Women (1962)
The Brainiac (1962)
Armando Velasco
Best movies:
Rehearsal for a Crime (1955)