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Prisoners of the Land

Prisoners of the Land

1939 · 87 min · ★ 6.4 · Drama

Argentina, 1915. Accompanied by a doctor and his beautiful daughter, Köhner, a ruthless foreman who rules a yerba mate plantation with an iron fist, arrives in the city of Posadas with the purpose of hiring workers.

Directed by Mario Soffici · Written by Darío Quiroga

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