Peludo City (1931)

Genre : Animation

Runtime : 1H 20M

Director : Quirino Cristiani

Synopsis

The story of Argentine President Hipolito Yrigoyen's corrupt government and its overthrow by a military coup. Yrigoyen floats around in his boat Peludo City (which represented Argentina) while constantly being harassed by hungry sharks (the Radicals). The film was released with a Vitaphone sound-on-disc synchronization system soundtrack, making the film generally credited as the first animated feature film with sound. It is now considered a lost film, along with several of Cristiani's films which were destroyed in fires in 1957 and 1961.

Actors

Crews

Quirino Cristiani
Quirino Cristiani
Director
José Vázquez Vigo
José Vázquez Vigo
Original Music Composer

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