El compadre Mendoza [SEP] narrative location
Godfather Mendoza
Godfather Mendoza (Spanish: "El compadre Mendoza") is a 1933 Mexican film. It was directed by Fernando de Fuentes, and is the second of his "Revolution Trilogy", preceded by "El prisionero trece" and followed by "Vámonos con Pancho Villa".
In 1994, the Mexican magazine "Somos" published a list of "The 100 best movies of the cinema of Mexico" in its 100th edition and choose "El compadre Mendoza" the 3rd better of all time, just
“Una Vida por Otra”, in 1933 “El prisionero trece”, “La calandria”, “El Tigre de Yautepec” and “El compadre Mendoza”, considered one of his masterpieces, in the Mexican Revolution Trilogy, (“El Compadre Mendoza”, “Vámonos con Pancho Villa” and “El prisionero trece”).
In 1934 he directed “El Fantasma del Convento”, and “Cruz Diablo”. In 1935 he made “Vámonos Pancho Villa”, and “La Familia Dressel”