Lost Continent

1955 120 min

Overview

Three directors collaborated on the Italian documentary Continente Perduto. The "lost continent" of the title is Asia, specifically Indonesia, here lovingly photographed in Ferraniacolor by Mario Craveri, Giannni Rafaldi and Franco Bernetti. Highlights include a Cantonese wedding aboard a floating junk, the annual wheat and rice harvest, the animal-sacrifice rites at the rim of a volcano, a ceremonial chariot race, and a bevy of Balinese dancers. Though there's no story to speak of, the film has the rhythm and pace of a "continuity" picture. Continente Perduto was the winner of a Special Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival.

Genres

Documentary

Production Countries

Italy

Spoken Languages

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Cast

Orio Vergani

Commentary

George Bryan

English narration

Crew

Leonardo Bonzi

Producer

Ennio Flaiano

Writer

John Gunther

Writer

Giorgio Moser

Writer

Angelo Francesco Lavagnino

Music

Mario Craveri

Cinematography

Mario Craveri

Screenplay

Enrico Gras

Screenplay

Giorgio Moser

Director

Leonardo Bonzi

Director

Enrico Gras

Director

Posters

External Links

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