Viva Maria! (1965)
1907 Central America: Maria II is the daughter of an Irish terrorist. After her father's death, she meets Maria I, a performer, and decides to stay with the circus, and on her debut as a singer, unintentionally invents the striptease and makes the circus famous. Their inadvertent encounter with a socialist revolutionary lands them leading a revolution against the dictator, the capitalists, and the Church.
- Released
- 1965-11-22
- Genres
- Adventure, Comedy, Romance, Western
- Runtime
- 120 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Louis Malle, Louis Malle, Jean-Claude Carrière
- TMDB rating
- 6.1/10 from 115 votes
Cast
- Brigitte Bardot as Maria I
- Jeanne Moreau as Maria II
- Paulette Dubost as Mrs. Diogène
- Claudio Brook as The Great Rodolfo
- Carlos López Moctezuma as Rodríguez
- Poldo Bendandi as Werther
- George Hamilton as Flores
- Gregor von Rezzori as Diogène
- Francisco Reiguera as Father Superior
- Adriana Roel as Janine
- José Baviera as Don Alvaro
- José Ángel Espinosa 'Ferrusquilla' as The Dictator of San Miguel