Viva Maria!

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.

Cast

Brigitte Bardot

Maria I

Jeanne Moreau

Maria II

Paulette Dubost

Mrs. Diogène

Claudio Brook

The Great Rodolfo

Carlos López Moctezuma

Rodríguez