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Lecumberri, the Dark Palace (1977)
Directed by Arturo Ripstein
Documentary · 1h 50m
The Lecumberri Penitentiary was one of the most notorious prisons in 20th-century Mexico, known for the notorious inmates who were held there and the appalling living conditions inside. This documentary records daily life in the prison shortly before its closure.
Cast
Crew
- Director
- Arturo Ripstein
- Writer
- José Emilio Pacheco, Miguel Necoechea, Tomás Pérez Turrent, Arturo Ripstein, Margarita Suzan
- Director of Photography
- Tomomi Kamata
- Editor
- Miguel Necoechea
- Producer
- Hernán Littin
Details
- Original title
- Lecumberri: El palacio negro
- Release date
- 1977-11-02
- Runtime
- 1h 50m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- ES
- Spoken languages
- Spanish
- Countries
- Mexico
- Production
- Estudios Churubusco Azteca, Centro de Producción de Cortometraje