The Life of General Villa
1914 film by Christy Cabanne / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Life of General Villa (1914) is a silent biographical action–drama film starring Pancho Villa as himself, shot on location during a civil war. The film incorporated both staged scenes and authentic live footage from real battles during the Mexican Revolution, around which the plot of the film revolves. The film was produced by D. W. Griffith and featured future director Raoul Walsh as the younger version of Villa.[1]
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The Life of General Villa | |
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Directed by | Christy Cabanne |
Written by | Frank E. Woods |
Produced by | H. E. Aitken Frank N. Thayer D. W. Griffith |
Starring | Pancho Villa Raoul Walsh |
Cinematography | Raoul Walsh |
Distributed by | Mutual Film Corporation Mexican War Film Corp. |
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Running time | 105 min |
Country | United States |
Languages | Silent English intertitles |
Currently the film is presumably lost,[2] with only unedited fragments and publicity stills known to exist.
The making of the film and associated events were dramatized in the film And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself (2003) with Antonio Banderas starring as Villa and Kyle Chandler playing Walsh.[1][2]