Viva Maria!
– Traveling players invent the strip tease while mixed up in a Central American revolution...
Traveling players invent the strip tease while mixed up in a Central American revolution.
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Release Date:
18 Dec 1965
Language:
French, English, Spanish, German
MPAA Content-Rating:
Not Rated
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Plot:
Somewhere in Central America in 1907: Maria II is the daughter of an Irish terrorist. After her father's death, she meets Maria I, a singer in a circus. She decides to stay with the circus, and on her debut as a singer, she unintentionally invents the strip-tease and makes the circus famous. Then they accidentally meet a socialist revolutionary and find themselves leading a revolution against the dictator, the capitalists and the Church.
Awards:
Won 1 BAFTA Film Award. Another 2 nominations.
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