Lost Continent
5.0
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.
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Leonardo Bonzi Director · Enrico Gras Director Giorgio Moser Director
United States release March 11, 1957 · Produced in Italy · Original title Continente perduto
Production
Astra Cinematografica
Production
Italy
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Languages
Original title
Continente perduto
Original language
Italian
Release dates
France · May 10, 1955
Theatrical · (Cannes Film Festival)
Italy · June 8, 1955
Theatrical
United States · March 11, 1957
Theatrical
Belgium
January 20, 1956 · Theatrical
Denmark
December 3, 1955 · Theatrical
Finland
November 2, 1956 · Theatrical
Germany
July 5, 1955 · Theatrical · (Berlin International Film Festival)
Japan
May 5, 1956 · Theatrical
Portugal
March 23, 1956 · Theatrical
Spain
April 1, 1956 · Theatrical
Sweden
January 16, 1956 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
December 5, 1956 · Theatrical
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