Underplayed Gems

El mayorazgo de Basterretxe (1929)

El mayorazgo de Basterretxe poster
Directed by
Mauro Azcona
Genre
silent film, melodrama
Country
Spain
Runtime
53 min
Rating
9.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

This silent melodrama from 1929 follows a family's story of inheritance and honor in the Basque region. Based on a novel by Pierre Lhande, it shows the first appearance of the ikurrina flag in a film.

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What happens

El mayorazgo de Basterretxe en basc, Basterretxeren maiorazkoa és una pel·lícula espanyola muda del 1929 dirigida i produïda pels germans Mauro i Victor Azkona gràcies a la seva productora Producciones Azkona. L'argument es basada en la novel·la Mirentxu del jesuïta baixnavaarrès Pierre Lhande. També es la primera pel·lícula en la que apareix una ikurriña. Algunes imatges d'aquella pel·lícula van aparèixer a Euskal Pilota. Larrua harriaren kontra a la pel·lícula. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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