The First Foundation of Buenos Aires

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MOVIE

The First Foundation of Buenos Aires

In 1956, the humorous designer Oski made a work about the foundation of the city of Buenos Aires. Fernando Birri made a film from this work in 1959, using the original text of the German explorer Ulrich Schmidel. This film, which disappeared in the years of the dictatorship, was miraculously restored on video in 2000. The story that the documentary describes can be compared with the situation of Latin American cinema throughout all these years.

Original Title

La primera fundación de Buenos Aires

Release Date

1959-04-30

Year

1959

Duration

44m

Status

Released

Score

5.70

Cast

Raúl de Lange

Raúl de Lange

Narrator