Film

Lost Continent

1955 · 2h · Documentary

IMDb

4.6

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.

• Enrico GrasScreenplay · Director
• Giorgio MoserWriter · Director
• Leonardo BonziProducer · Director
• Mario CraveriScreenplay
• John GuntherWriter
• Ennio FlaianoWriter
• Mario SerandreiEditor

Release date

May 10, 1955

Status

Released

Original language

Italian

Runtime

2h

Rated

U

Genres

Documentary