As was common in Diaz's Mexico, a young hacienda worker finds his betrothed imprisoned and his life threatened by his master for confronting a hacienda guest for raping the girl. This film is the first of several attempts to make a feature-length motion picture out of the 200,000-plus feet of film shot by Sergei Eisenstein, on photographic expedition in Mexico during 1931-32 for Upton Sinclair and a cadre of private American producer-investors. Silent with music and English intertitles.
Unfortunately the movie Thunder Over Mexico is not yet available on HBO Max.
Directing | Sergei Eisenstein | Director |
Production | Upton Sinclair | Production Director |
Production | Hunter S. Kimbrough | Line Producer |
Directing | Grigori Aleksandrov | Co-Director |
Production | Mary Craig Sinclair | Executive Producer |
Editing | Carl Himm | Editor |
Sound | Abe Meyer | Sound |
Camera | Eduard Tisse | Director of Photography |