The Mask of Zorro

Mexico, 1821. A masked and romantic popular hero, known as El Zorro, bravely fights Spanish colonial rule in Alta California. However, on the eve of Mexico's liberation, the despotic governor Don Rafael Montero discovers that Zorro is Don Diego de la Vega. An attack on the rebel's house ends in his capture, his wife's death, the kidnapping of his only daughter Elena and the destruction of his property. Twenty years later, Montero returns from exile with Elena, who does not know her father's identity, and plans to buy California from the President of Mexico, General Santa Anna.