Flamenco | |
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Directed by | Edgar Neville |
Written by | Edgar Neville Walter Terry |
Produced by | Edgar Neville |
Cinematography | Heinrich Gärtner |
Edited by | Mercedes Alonso Sara Ontañón |
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Running time | 75 minutes |
Country | Spain |
Language | Spanish |
Flamenco (Spanish : Duende y misterio del flamenco) is a 1952 Spanish documentary film directed by Edgar Neville. It was entered into the 1953 Cannes Film Festival. [1]
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