Life of Villa (1912)

Directed by

Christy Cabanne

Genre

documentary film, silent film

Country

United States

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This silent documentary shows Pancho Villa and his fight to overthrow the Mexican dictator Porfirio Díaz during the Mexican Revolution. Some scenes were reenacted after the actual events.

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What happens

Life of Villa is a 1912 silent war documentary set during the Mexican Revolution. Though some scenes are re-enacted after it happened, the movie is a real documentary on the struggle of Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa to overthrow dictator Porfirio Díaz. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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