La aventura y la patria: El husar de la muerte (1925) de Pedro Sienna

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Jorge Ruffinelli A.

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El Húsar de la muerte (1925) is the only film by Pedro Sienna (1893-1972) which survived the passage of time, the social indiff towards film as an art form, and the natural degrading ofnitrat which silent films werw made. This is the only feature film restfrom that early period, before movies arrivedto the sound erai All the other featurefilme are lost. This essayfocuses en the histórica! intention ofthefilm and on its unusual narrative strategies, all ofwhich helped to make El Húsar de la muerte a cinematic art that until now still greatly impresses its. Audience.

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Jorge Ruffinelli A., Universidad de Stanford

Departamento de español y portugués
Universidad de Standford