Red Konga Explained

Red Konga
Director:Alejandro Galindo
Producer:Raúl de Anda
Starring:María Antonieta Pons
Pedro Armendáriz
Carlos López Moctezuma
Music:Pedro Galindo
Cinematography:Víctor Herrera
Distributor:Producciones Raúl de Anda
Runtime:110 min.
Country:Mexico
Language:Spanish

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]

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.abandomoviez.net/indie/pelicula.php?film=35626ta Synopsis of Red Konga in Abandomoviez
  2. Peña. Mauricio. The Rumberas of the Mexican Cinema. SOMOS. 1999. 15.