Viva Maria!

Plot Summary

1907 Central America: Maria II is the daughter of an Irish terrorist. After her father's death, she meets Maria I, a performer, and decides to stay with the circus, and on her debut as a singer, unintentionally invents the striptease and makes the circus famous. Their inadvertent encounter with a socialist revolutionary lands them leading a revolution against the dictator, the capitalists, and the Church.

Top Cast

Brigitte Bardot Maria I

Jeanne Moreau Maria II

Paulette Dubost Mrs. Diogène

Claudio Brook The Great Rodolfo

Carlos López Moctezuma Rodríguez