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Lecumberri, the Dark Palace (1977)

Lecumberri, the Dark Palace (1977)

Documentary
Release Date: 1977, November 2
Directors: Arturo Ripstein
Countries: Mexico
Production: Estudios Churubusco Azteca, Centro de Producción de Cortometraje, Centro de Producción de Cortometraje
Cast: Emilio Ebergenyi, Alberto Ulloa

Overview:

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.