Lecumberri: El palacio negro
/
Lecumberri, el palacio negro
director:
Arturo Ripstein
playwright:
José Emilio Pacheco
/
Miguel Necoechea
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Tomás Pérez Turrent
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Arturo Ripstein
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Margarita Suzan
actor:
Emilio Ebergenyi
/
Tomás Pérez Turrent
/
Alberto Ulloa
genre:
Documentary
region:
Mexico
language:
Spanish
length: 1h 50m
release date: 1977-11-02
IMDb: tt0074783
Lecumberri: El palacio negro
overview
The Lecumberri Penitentiary was one of the most notorious prisons in 20th-century Mexico, known for the notorious inmates who were held there and the appalling living conditions inside. This documentary records daily life in the prison shortly before its closure.