Prisoners of the Earth (1939)

Review: Prisoners of the Earth (1939)

Director: Mario Soffici

Cast: Francisco Petrone, Ángel Magaña, Roberto Fugazot, Homero Cárpena, Raúl de Lange,

Francisco Petrone
Francisco Petrone
Ángel Magaña
Ángel Magaña
Roberto Fugazot
Roberto Fugazot
Homero Cárpena
Homero Cárpena
Raúl de Lange
Raúl de Lange

Plot: Argentina, 1915. Accompanied by a doctor and his beautiful daughter, Köhner, a ruthless foreman who rules a yerba mate plantation with an iron fist, arrives in the city of Posadas with the purpose of hiring workers.

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<i>World Cinema Project 4</i>: Criterion Blu-ray review

World Cinema Project 4: Criterion Blu-ray review

With their fourth set of World Cinema Project restorations, Criterion again present a fascinating collection of films from different periods and different cultures: two features from post-colonial Africa which illuminate the complex effects of […]

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