¡Que viva México! was a film project undertaken in 1931-32 by Soviet film-maker Sergei Eisenstein for American socialist author Upton Sinclair and several investors, which Eisenstein eventually conceived as an episodic portrayal of Mexican culture and politics from pre-Conquest civilization to the Mexican revolution. Over 200,000 feet of silent film were shot before production had to be stopped due to exhaustion of finances and Stalin's demands that Eisenstein return to the USSR. This is one of several attempts to make a feature film out of the existing footage, here according to Eisenstein's skeletal outline and under the supervision of Gregori Alexandrov, Eisenstein's long-time collaborator, including on this project.
A young woman, who wants to be in the Follies, is making ends meet by working at a department store's sheet music department, where she sings the latest hits. She is accompanied on piano by her childhood boyfriend, who is in love with her, despite her single-minded interest in her career. When a vaudeville performer asks her to join him as his new partner, she sees it as an opportunity to make her dream come true. Upon arriving in New York City, our heroine finds out that her new partner is only interested in sleeping with her and makes this a condition of making her a star. Soon, however, she is discovered by a representative of Ziegfeld.
가난한 시골 처녀 애나는 내키지 않았지만 어머니의 부탁으로 친척에게 돈을 꾸러 도시로 간다. 그런데 귀여운 애나를 눈여겨본 바람둥이 레녹스가 그녀를 꾀어 둘은 결혼까지 하게 된다. 하지만 애나는 임신한 채 버림받고 아이마저 죽자 절망한 그녀는 정처 없이 떠돌아다닌다. 그러다 애나는 대지주 바틀릿가에서 일하게 되는데 지주의 아들 데이비드가 애나에게 반한다. 하지만 과거의 상처에서 벗어나지 못한 애나는 데이비드를 거부한다.
여러 차례 영화화되었던 로티 블레어 파커의 동명 희곡을 바탕으로 했으며, 이 희곡을 각색한 작품 중 최고로 꼽힌다. 무성영화의 여신 릴리언 기쉬가 애나 역을 맡아 열연했다.
