Summary
During the Mexican Revolution, a hardened and rich lady landowner is overtaken by the violence of the times. Losing her land and house, she falls in love with a revolutionary leader that is killed by a sadistic and corrupt federal officer. She takes the revolutionary flag and leads a rampage of violence and destruction.
Good for
- Friends night
- Teens
- Thought-provoking
Skip it if
- Graphic violence bothers you
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 66GoodWatch 61
IMDb6.6
Running time
1 h 40 min
A typical length for action movies, −8 min on the typical 108
typical 108100Half of all action movies run 96–127 min.
Reach
Streams in 11 countries
+1Released
1971
January 1, 1971
55 years ago
Genres
ActionCrimeDramaRomanceThrillerWarWesternLanguage
Spanish
Original language
Made in
- Mexico
Rated
No age rating yet.
What's in it
- ViolenceStrong
- Gore, disturbing imagesMild
- Frightening scenesMild
- Sex, nudityMild
- Dark themesStrong
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsFriends NightSolo WatchTeensThought-ProvokingNot listed for kids or family movie night.
10 of 10
María FélixMariana Sampedro, La Generala
Carlos BrachoManuel Sampedro, ingeniero Alejandro Robles Escandón
Ernesto Gómez CruzCómplice de Feliciano
Ignacio López TarsoRosauro Márquez
Salvador SánchezJesús
Eric del CastilloCoronel Feliciano López
Evangelina ElizondoRaquel
Sergio JiménezEsteban
Sergio KleinerEl rubio
Beatriz SheridanSeñora del teatro
Directing · 1
- Juan Ibáñez Director, Writer
Writing · 1
- Arturo Rosenblueth Writer
Production · 5
- Felipe Subervielle Producer
- Federico Amérigo Producer
- Alex Berger Producer
- Andre de Rona Producer
- Héctor López Lechuga Production Manager
Camera · 1
- Gabriel Figueroa Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Gloria Schoemann Editor
Sound · 2
- Antonio Díaz Conde hijo Music
- Óscar Chávez Music
Other crew · 1
- Chema Hernández Other
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