CANCELED: Sword of Granada
UW Cinematheque 821 University Ave., UW Vilas Hall, Room 4070, Madison, Wisconsin
press release: In compliance with UW Madison’s policies enacted to slow the spread of COVID-19, all previously announced UW Cinematheque screenings through April 12 have been canceled. The Cinematheque programming staff is currently investigating the possibility of re-scheduling some of these screenings on future Cinematheque calendars. The Cinematheque’s free screening series is currently scheduled to resume on April 17 with Where’s Poppa?. Please visit the Cinematheque’s website (http://cinema.wisc.edu) for further updates and a schedule of screenings between April 17 and May 3.
Mexico | 1953 | DCP | 87 min. | Spanish with English subtitles
Director: Carlos Véjar, Edward Dein
Cast: Cesar Romero, Katy Jurado, Rebecca Iturbide
In this period costume drama full of action, intrigue, and romance, Don Pedro de Rivera (Romero), the rightful owner of a Spanish castle seeks to reclaim it from an occupying Moorish Caliph. Don Pedro’s accomplice is Juan Ponce de León, who intends to steal the "Rose of Granada," a rare gem owned by the Caliph, which supposedly contains a rare essence that ensures eternal youth. Never before screened in its original 3-D and Spanish-language version in the U.S., Sword of Granada will be preceded by the 1952 British 3-D short, Black Swan (12 min.). Both films have been restored by the 3-D Film Archive. Special thanks to Bob Furmanek and Greg Kintz.
LACIS Film Series 2020: In March, our annual series supported by the University’s Department of Latin American, Caribbean and Iberian Studies brings you two new visionary dystopian features from Brazil (Bacurau and Divine Love), as well as two restored Mexican productions from the 1950s (the 3-D period action movie Sword of Granada and Luis Buñuel’s The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz). Special Thanks to Alberto Vargas and Ruth Llana Fernandez.