

Lost Continent
1955 Directed by Giorgio MoserThree 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.
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Orio Vergani
....................................................Commentary
George Bryan
....................................................English narration
Director
...........................................................Giorgio Moser
Leonardo Bonzi
Enrico Gras
Producer
...........................................................Leonardo Bonzi
Writer
...........................................................Ennio Flaiano
John Gunther
Giorgio Moser
Production Companies
...................................................Astra Cinematografica
Production Countries
........................................................Italy
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....................................................Genres
....................................................Documentary
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