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Víctimas del pecado = Victims of sin / Producciones Calderon S.A. presenta ; argumento de Emilio Fernández y Mauricio Magdaleno ; adaptación, Emilio Fernández ; una pelicula de Pedro y Guillermo Calderón ; dirigida por Emilio Fernandez.
Van Pelt - Video Collection (ask at Circulation Desk) DVD 037 348 disc + insert
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- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Criterion collection ; 1222.
- The Criterion collection ; 1222
- Language:
- English
- Spanish
- Subjects (All):
- Single mothers--Mexico--Drama.
- Single mothers.
- Adoptive parents--Drama.
- Adoptive parents.
- Adopted children--Family relationships--Drama.
- Adopted children.
- Music-halls (Variety-theaters, cabarets, etc.)--Drama.
- Music-halls (Variety-theaters, cabarets, etc.).
- Foundlings--Drama.
- Foundlings.
- Abandoned children--Drama.
- Abandoned children.
- Women dancers--Drama.
- Women dancers.
- Stripteasers--Drama.
- Stripteasers.
- Children of prostitutes--Drama.
- Children of prostitutes.
- Children of prisoners--Drama.
- Children of prisoners.
- Mothers and sons--Drama.
- Mothers and sons.
- Murder--Drama.
- Murder.
- Women murderers--Drama.
- Women murderers.
- Gangsters--Drama.
- Gangsters.
- Genre:
- Fiction films.
- Feature films.
- Melodramas (Motion pictures)
- Video recordings for hard of hearing people.
- Motion pictures, Mexican.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (84 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + insert ([1] leaf : color illustrations ; folded to 19 cm)
- 4 3/4 in.
- monochrome
- Edition:
- DVD edition.
- Other Title:
- Victims of sin
- Place of Publication:
- [United States] : The Criterion Collection, [2024]
- Language Note:
- Spanish dialogue; optional English subtitles.
- System Details:
- DVD, NTSC, Region 1; full screen (1.37:1) presentation; Dolby Audio monaural.
- digital
- optical
- mono
- NTSC
- video file
- DVD video region 1
- Summary:
- A treasure of Mexico's cinematic golden age, this deliriously plotted blend of gritty crime film, heart-tugging maternal melodrama, and mambo musical is a dazzling showcase for iconic star Ninón Sevilla. She brings fierce charisma and fiery strength to her role as a rumbera a female nightclub dancer who gives up everything to raise an abandoned boy, whom she must protect from his ruthless gangster father.
- Participant:
- Ninón Sevilla, Tito Junco, Rodolfo Acosta, Rita Montaner.
- Credits:
- Editing, Gloria Schoemann; director of photography, Gabriel Figueroa; music, Antonio Díaz Conde.
- Notes:
- Title from disc label.
- Originally released as a motion picture in 1951.
- Special features: Interview with filmmaker and archivist Viviana Garcia Besné; interview with cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto; archival documentary; essay by Jacqueline Avila (on accompanying insert).
- ISBN:
- 9798886071528
- OCLC:
- 1430810001
- Publisher Number:
- 715515297714
- CC3568D The Criterion Collection
- CC3568DDVD The Criterion Collection
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