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The First Foundation of Buenos Aires

1959Directed by Fernando Birri

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Released: April 30, 1959
Runtime: 44m

About The First Foundation of Buenos Aires

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Synopsis

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.

Director: Fernando Birri
Writers: Ulrich Schmidel
Fernando Birri
Original title: La primera fundación de Buenos Aires

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Raúl de LangeNarrator

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