Background
A great failure when released, interest in the movie resurged many decades later, and today is considered one of the best movies of Mexican cinema both for its approach to the theme and its technical merits.
It stands apart among the many movies made about Villa in that it portrays the man and the Revolution in its cruelty; most other films, like those by Ismael RodrÃguez in the 1960s, take an almost idyllic view of both, following the official (government) mythos.
The movie music was composed by Silvestre Revueltas, who makes a cameo appearance.
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