---
title: 'Viva Zapata! (1952)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Elia Kazan'
released: '1952-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 113
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Western'
  - 'War'
  - 'History'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/viva-zapata-1952'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0045296/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Viva Zapata! (1952)

1952 · 113 min · Drama, Western, War, History · United States


## Synopsis

Viva Zapata! is a 1952 American biographical Western film directed by Elia Kazan, dramatizing the life of Mexican revolutionary Emiliano Zapata from his peasant upbringing through his rise to power in the early 1900s and his death in 1919. It stars Marlon Brando as the title character, and features Jean Peters as his wife Josefa and Anthony Quinn as his brother Eufemio. The screenplay was written by John Steinbeck, using Edgcumb Pinchon's 1941 book Zapata the Unconquerable as a guide.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Elia Kazan](https://cinepixo.com/people/elia-kazan)
- **Screenplay:** [John Steinbeck](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-steinbeck)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Alex North](https://cinepixo.com/people/alex-north)
- **Producer:** [Darryl F. Zanuck](https://cinepixo.com/people/darryl-f-zanuck)
- **Director of Photography:** [Joseph MacDonald](https://cinepixo.com/people/joseph-macdonald)
- **Editor:** [Barbara McLean](https://cinepixo.com/people/barbara-mclean)

## Cast

- [Richard Garrick](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-garrick)
- [Ric Roman](https://cinepixo.com/people/ric-roman)
- [Anthony Quinn](https://cinepixo.com/people/anthony-quinn) as Eufemio Zapata
- [Nestor Paiva](https://cinepixo.com/people/nestor-paiva)
- [Mildred Dunnock](https://cinepixo.com/people/mildred-dunnock)
- [Abner Biberman](https://cinepixo.com/people/abner-biberman)
- [Alex Montoya](https://cinepixo.com/people/alex-montoya)
- [Florenz Ames](https://cinepixo.com/people/florenz-ames)
- [Larry Duran](https://cinepixo.com/people/larry-duran)
- [Alan Reed](https://cinepixo.com/people/alan-reed)
- [Peter Mamakos](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-mamakos)
- [Rico Alaniz](https://cinepixo.com/people/rico-alaniz)
- [Jean Peters](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-peters)
- [Margo](https://cinepixo.com/people/margo)
- [Frank de Kova](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-de-kova)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/viva-zapata-1952
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