Released
Death Day
June 26 1934 (over 90 years ago)Rating
59
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7 reviews
- Director: Sergei Eisenstein
- Genre: Documentary
- Runtime: 17 m
- Countries: Mexico, Soviet Union
- Companies: Principal Productions Inc., The Mexican Picture Trust
During his adventure in Mexico, Sergei Eisenstein made footage of a Mexican "Death Day" celebration for inclusion in his "Que Viva Mexico!" film project. When the 200,000-plus feet of film he eventually exposed in Mexico was first attempted to be made into a feature film, "Thunder Over Mexico", the producers excluded the Death Day material for subsequent compilation as an independent short subject. Silent with music track and explanatory English intertitles.