Conchita and the Engineer (1954)
- Original title
- Conchita und der Ingenieur
- Directed by
- Franz Eichhorn, Hans Hinrich
- Genre
- adventure film
- Country
- Germany
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- Rating
- 9.0 of 10 from 1 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
An engineer travels to the Amazon and meets a woman named Conchita. They get caught up in local adventures and dangers.
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What happens
Macumba (German: Conchita und der Ingenieur/ transl. Conchita and the Engineer) is a 1954 Brazilian-German adventure film directed by Franz Eichhorn and Hans Hinrich and starring Paul Hartmann, Vanja Orico and Robert Freitag. It was based on a novel by Franz Taut. It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Potsdam near Berlin and on location in Brazil. The film's Brazilian title (see poster at right) translates as Conchita, Virgin of the Amazon. It was released in English-speaking countries as Macumba, playing on a double bill with Ed Wood's Bride of the Monster (1955). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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