
Then God Named It Earth
1961-09-07 · 85 min · ★ 5.7
During the Mexican Agrarian Reform, an engineer travels to a town to distribute the land of the landowners among the peasants.
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- Directors
- Carlos Toussaint
- Production companies
- Celis Internacional
- Countries
- Mexico
- Status
- Released
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Katy JuradoMarta
Ignacio López TarsoEfrén Domínguez
Manuel CapetilloSebastián
José Luis JiménezTata Pedro Domínguez
David SilvaDon Cosme Aguilar
Quintín BulnesCaptain Manuel Cienfuegos
Tito JuncoGeneral Prisciliano Sánchez
Tony CarbajalJuan Pérez
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