La banda del automóvil gris
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | La banda del automóvil gris, alternatively: El automóvil gris |
| Country of production | Mexico |
| original language | Spanish |
| Publishing year | 1919 |
| length | Version (1919): 111 minutes, Version (1933): 117 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Enrique Rosas |
| script |
Juan Manuel Cabrera José Manuel Ramos |
| production | Enrique Rosas |
| camera | Enrique Rosas |
| cut |
Enrique Rosas Miguel Vigueras |
| occupation | |
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La banda del automóvil gris is a silent film by the Mexican director Enrique Rosas . It belongs to the genre of the crime film and tells the story of a gang in Mexico City who terrorized the people there and was ultimately caught by the police. At the end of the film, the prisoners are shown to the population in front of the prison. La banda del automóvil gris is considered one of the characteristic films for the silent film era in Mexico.
action
In Mexico City, the population is being terrorized by a gang that always uses a gray car for their robberies and other crimes. The police can arrest the group and its members are sentenced to death. On the day of the execution of the death sentence , many citizens in their best clothes gather in front of the prison. The film then ends with the prisoners being led out of the prison and to the post in front of the prison wall where they await their execution.
background
The story told in La banda del automóvil gris was based on a real gang of criminals that operated in Mexico City and that were said to have political links. After several murders, robberies and kidnappings, they were caught in 1915. The director Enrique Rosas filmed the execution of these criminals, which inspired him to film this topic. He took up a Mexican theme, while most of the films produced in Mexico at the time were thematically oriented towards French and Italian films. The film was produced by the companies Azteca Films and Roses, Alva, y Cía , with locations in Mexico City , Apam and Puebla . La banda del automóvil gris premiered on December 12, 1929 in 28 cinemas in Mexico City.
literature
- Carl J. Mora, "Mexican Cinema: Reflections of a Society, 1896-2004." McFarland & Co Inc, Jefferson NC 2005. ISBN 978-0-7864-2083-4
Web links
- La banda del automóvil gris in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Archived copy ( memento of the original dated August 10, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Carl J. Mora, "Mexican Cinema: Reflections of a Society, 1896-2004." McFarland & Co Inc, Jefferson NC 2005. page 19.
- ^ Carl J. Mora, "Mexican Cinema: Reflections of a Society, 1896-2004." McFarland & Co Inc, Jefferson NC 2005. page 22.
