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Juan Rulfo's famous novel Pedro Páramo is set during the Cristero War in northwestern Mexico.
Graham Greene's novel The Power and the Glory is set during this period.
There is a long section of B. Traven's novel The Treasure of the Sierra Madre devoted to the history of what Traven refers to as "the Christian Bandits". However, in the classic film made from the novel, no mention is made of the Cristeros, although the novel takes place in the same time period as the rebellion.
The film For Greater Glory came out in 2012, displaying the struggles and victories of several key figures in the Cristero War.
Many fact-based films, shorts and documentaries about the war have been produced since 1929. The list includes:
- El coloso de mármol (1929)
- Los cristeros (aka Sucedió en Jalisco) (1947)
- La guerra santa (1979)
- La cristiada (1986)
- Cristeros y federales (2011)
- Los últimos cristeros (aka The Last Christeros) (2011)
- Cristiada (aka For Greater Glory) (1 June 2012 release date)
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