Memories of a Mexican

Top 8 Billed Cast

Carmen Toscano
Carmen Toscano

Self - Narrator (voice)

Manuel Bernal
Manuel Bernal

Salvador Toscano (voice)

Porfirio Díaz
Porfirio Díaz

Self (archive footage)

Francisco I. Madero
Francisco I. Madero

Self (archive footage)

Emiliano Zapata
Emiliano Zapata

Self (archive footage)

Venustiano Carranza
Venustiano Carranza

Self (archive footage)

Pancho Villa
Pancho Villa

Self (archive footage)

Victoriano Huerta
Victoriano Huerta

Self (archive footage)

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