It was directed by Fernando de Fuentes, and is the second of his Revolution Trilogy, preceded by El prisionero trece (1933) and followed by Vámonos con Pancho Villa (1936).
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 best of all time, just behind Vámonos con Pancho Villa and Los olvidados.
Rosalío survives by befriending both the army and the revolutionaries.
Everyone is welcomed in his ranch, but the situation becomes unbearable and Rosalío must choose whose side he is on.
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