Time in the Sun
1940, English. Directed by Sergei Eisenstein & Grigori Aleksandrov.
Second attempt to create a feature film out of the 200,000-plus feet of film which Soviet film-maker Sergei Eisenstein shot during 1931-32 in Mexico for American socialist author Upton Sinclair, his wife and a small company of investors. The projected film, to be called "Que Viva Mexico", was never completed due to exhaustion of funds and Stalin's demand that Eisenstein return to the USSR (he had been absent since 1929). The first attempt at editing the footage, in the USA, resulted in "Thunder Over Mexico", released in 1934. In 1940, Marie Seton, from the UK, acquired some of the footage from the Sinclairs in an attempt to make a better cutting according to Eisenstein's skeletal outline for the proposed film. This film has apparently been lost.
- Runtime
- 0h 55m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- English
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- Released
- 30 September 1940
- Country
- United States of America
- Written by
- Franz Blom, Anita Breener, Samuel A. Datlowe
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Time in the Sun runs 55 minutes (0h 55m).
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Time in the Sun isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 30 September 1940. (Checked 10 November 2026.)
What movies are like Time in the Sun?
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Who directed Time in the Sun?
Time in the Sun (1940) was directed by Sergei Eisenstein and Grigori Aleksandrov.