Red Konga

Red Konga
Directed byAlejandro Galindo
Written byAlejandro Galindo
Produced byRaúl de Anda
StarringMaría Antonieta Pons
Pedro Armendáriz
Carlos López Moctezuma
CinematographyVíctor Herrera
Music byPedro Galindo
Distributed byProducciones Raúl de Anda
Release date
  • October 1, 1943 (1943-10-01) (México)
Running time
110 min.
CountryMexico
LanguageSpanish

Red Konga (in Spanish Konga Roja) is a 1943 Mexican drama film directed by Alejandro Galindo, and starring María Antonieta Pons and Pedro Armendáriz.

Plot

The supervisor of a banana packing plant, is the target of a union opponents. While focusing on the defense of union members of his plant and maintain his life goals in his workplace, the supervisor is stolen by a gang of bad guys. His supposed best friend is one of the culprits. His life is further complicated by an affair with a singer in a port tavern.[1]

Cast

Reviews

In 1943 the Cuban actress and rumbera María Antonieta Pons had a greater advantage in her budding career by starring in a film with Pedro Armendáriz, a leading figure of the Mexican Cinema. The director was Alejandro Galindo. The actress was fully, having crossed the barrier of the Rumberas, which at that time only put as musical complement in movies. She was considered a good actress, with capacity for melodrama.[2]

References

  1. ^ Synopsis of Red Konga in Abandomoviez
  2. ^ Peña, Mauricio (1999). "The Rumberas of the Mexican Cinema". SOMOS: 15.
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