Lecumberri, the Dark Palace

1h 50m
Documentary
5.2

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.

Cast

Emilio Ebergenyi
Self - Narrator
Tomás Pérez Turrent
Self - Narrator
Alberto Ulloa
Self

Crew

Arturo Ripstein
Director, Writer
José Emilio Pacheco
Writer
Miguel Necoechea
Writer, Editor
Tomás Pérez Turrent
Writer
Margarita Suzan
Writer
Carlos Puente
Assistant Editor
Tomomi Kamata
Director of Photography
Hernán Littin
Producer
Jesús González Gancy
Sound
Javier Mateos
Sound

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