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Red Konga

Red Konga
Directed by Alejandro Galindo
Produced by Raúl de Anda
Written by Alejandro Galindo
Starring María Antonieta Pons
Pedro Armendáriz
Carlos López Moctezuma
Music by Pedro Galindo
Cinematography Víctor Herrera
Distributed by Producciones Raúl de Anda
Release date
October 1, 1943 (México)
Running time
110 min.
Country Mexico
Language Spanish

Red Konga (in Spanish Konga Roja) is a Mexican drama film directed by Alejandro Galindo. It was released in 1943 and starring María Antonieta Pons and Pedro Armendáriz.

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.

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.


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