# Viva Zapata ! (1952)

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**Original title**: *Viva Zapata!*
**Runtime**: 113 min
**Genres**: History, Drama, Western
**Directed by**: Elia Kazan
**Written by**: John Steinbeck
**Starring**: Marlon Brando, Jean Peters, Anthony Quinn, Joseph Wiseman, Arnold Moss, Alan Reed

> *A BANDIT WHO BECAME A LEGEND! Roaring Story of Mexico’s Tiger on a White Horse!*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Geronimo meets The Treasure of the Sierra Madre. A peasant horseman becomes the unlikely face of a peasant revolt when land barons refuse to share title. A black-clad Marlon Brando rides his way into revolutionary myth, all dust and curses.

**Mood tags**: bittersweet, tender

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