El compadre Mendoza
- Alfredo del Diestro: Rosalío Mendoza
- Carmen Guerrero: Dolores Garcia Mendoza
- Antonio R. Frausto: Felipe Nieto
- Luis G. Barreiro: Atenogenes
El compadre Mendoza is a drama film by Mexican director Fernando de Fuentes from the year 1933. The film is set during the Mexican Revolution and deals with the relationship between the compadre and his followers. With El trece prisionero from the same year and Vámonos con Pancho Villa from 1935 made El compadre Mendoza the revolution trilogy of de Fuentes. This movie has not been respected internationally at the time of its release, but received in later years as well as Fernando de Fuentes positive reception by the international criticism. Today, El compadre Mendoza is considered a masterpiece of the early Mexican cinema.
Action
Rosalío Mendoza supports both the government forces of Adolfo de la Huerta and the rebels of Emiliano Zapata during the Mexican Revolution. When he married Dolores, Zapata also some fighters are present at the wedding. You lurk on soldiers of the Mexican Army, which is why Mendoza was sentenced to death by the Zapatistas. Before he can be shot, however, takes his friend Nieto a, which is a General Zapata, and spared his life. Consequently Medoza asks him to be his compadre and godfather of his first son. However, when he gets into financial difficulties, he betrays Nieto to the government troops and received from them for money.
Background
El compadre Mendoza was produced by the company Interamericana film. The film was shot in the film studio Churubusco - Atzteca in Mexico City. It was after El trece prisionero the second film by Fernando de Fuentes of 1933, which dealt with the Mexican Revolution. 1935 ended with de Fuentes Vámonos con Pancho Villa 's revolution trilogy. At the time of publication El compadre Mendoza could no international cause a stir, but later he became a classic of early Mexican cinema. The film deals with the system of Compadrazgo in which a man declares that he would sponsor the future child and take its position in the event of the father's death. This is a more serious and formal connection than mere friendship.