Documentary

Lecumberri, the Dark Palace

Name: Lecumberri, the Dark Palace
Director: Arturo Ripstein
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1977-11-02
Duration: 110 min
Rating: 5.8
Cast: Emilio Ebergenyi, Tomás Pérez Turrent, Alberto Ulloa

November 2, 1977

1h 50m

TMDB5.8· 6

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.