Movie

Lost Continent (1955)

• May 10, 1955
• 2h 0m

• Documentary

Overview

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.

Directors

Enrico Gras, Giorgio Moser, Leonardo Bonzi

Writers

Mario Craveri, Ennio Flaiano, Enrico Gras, Giorgio Moser

Starring

Orio Vergani, George Bryan