Then God Named It Earth

During the Mexican Agrarian Reform, an engineer travels to a town to distribute the land of the landowners among the peasants.

Cast

Katy Jurado

as Marta

Ignacio López Tarso

as Efrén Domínguez

Manuel Capetillo

as Sebastián

José Luis Jiménez

as Tata Pedro Domínguez

David Silva

as Don Cosme Aguilar

Miguel Córcega

as Professor Marin

David Hayat

as Young Pedro Martínez

Quintín Bulnes

as Captain Manuel Cienfuegos

Rafael Islas

Tito Junco

as General Prisciliano Sánchez

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