Island of Lost Souls

Island of Lost Souls

A place where violating a dead friend is part of the most vile existence.

1974 · 95 min · ★ 6.1 · Crime

Rene Cardona directs the film version of Jose Leon Sanchez's best-selling novel, which relates the author's 20 years of imprisonment on an island ruled by brutality. When a sadistic man declares himself the boss of an island pueblo, an innocent husband and wife become the victims of his selfish rule. Once the evil man's deeds reach the authorities on the mainland, however, he sinks further into madness and declares "his" island its own republic.

Directed by René Cardona · Written by José León Sánchez

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Mario Almada Don Miguel
Eric del Castillo Captain
Wolf Ruvinskis Colonel Venancio Salvatierra
Alejandro Ciangherotti Jr. Jacinto
Marianne Sauvage Maria Elena
Xavier Marc Preso
Rodrigo Puebla
Eduardo Noriega Coronel Vargas
René Barrera
Gloria Mestre
José Luis Caro
María Bardahl

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