Gerda Taro in La maleta mexicana (2011)

La maleta mexicana

Movie2011Not Rated1h 26m
DocumentaryDramaHistoryWar
7.6 / 10(297)

The story of three lost boxes known as the Mexican Suitcase that were recovered in 2007. The boxes, misplaced in the chaos at the start of WWII, contained many of the Spanish Civil War negatives by the legendary photographer Robert Capa and fellow photographers Gerda Taro and David "Chim" Seymour.

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1h 26m
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2011
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Mexico, Spain, United States, France

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Release year: 2011

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The story of three lost boxes known as the Mexican Suitcase that were recovered in 2007. The boxes, misplaced in the chaos at the start of WWII, contained many of the Spanish Civil War negatives by the legendary photographer Robert Capa and fellow photographers Gerda Taro and David "Chim" Seymour.

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/10

Discovery of lost negatives from the 1930s Spanish Civil War.

👍 13 · 4/2/2013
4/10

Fascinating, deeply flawed, perhaps delusional

👍 1 · 8/12/2023

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