Death Day

Death Day

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jun 26, 1934

Runtime

0h 17m

Genres

Documentary

User Score

59%

Original Title

Death Day

Production Companies

Principal Productions Inc., The Mexican Picture Trust

Director

Sergei Eisenstein

Description

During his adventure in Mexico, Sergei Eisenstein made footage of a Mexican "Death Day" celebration for inclusion in his "Que Viva Mexico!" film project. When the 200,000-plus feet of film he eventually exposed in Mexico was first attempted to be made into a feature film, "Thunder Over Mexico", the producers excluded the Death Day material for subsequent compilation as an independent short subject. Silent with music track and explanatory English intertitles.