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Utopia of Death

  • 1940
  • Approved
  • 10m
IMDb RATING
6.3/10
101
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Utopia of Death (1940)
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The story of how the Seri tribe on Tiburon Island in the Pacific prepare for death. The island was once a utopia for the inhabitants' ancestors until resources dwindled. Now the race has vow... Read allThe story of how the Seri tribe on Tiburon Island in the Pacific prepare for death. The island was once a utopia for the inhabitants' ancestors until resources dwindled. Now the race has vowed that no more of its children shall be born.The story of how the Seri tribe on Tiburon Island in the Pacific prepare for death. The island was once a utopia for the inhabitants' ancestors until resources dwindled. Now the race has vowed that no more of its children shall be born.

  • Stars
    • Harold Austin
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.3/10
    101
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    • Stars
      • Harold Austin
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    • Trivia
      One in the "John Nesbitt's Passing Parade" series of short films, which highlight unique and largely unknown historical events and/or situations. As in all the films in the series, Nesbitt, here, acts as the off-screen narrator.
    • Quotes
      • [first lines]
      • Narrator: Since the dawn of time, the broad highway of the passing parade has been littered with the wreckage of attempts which men have made to turn their backs upon their own civilizations, and found communities for the chosen few. The greatest minds of many an age have labored to create such places, always to fail - and today, we call all such communities utopias, for the word "utopia" means "nowhere", and the men who seek it do not return.
    • Connections
      Followed by Dreams (1940)

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    Details

    • Release date
      • October 12, 1940 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Passing Parade No. 17: Utopia of Death
    • Filming locations
      • Tiburón Island, Sonora, Mexico
    • Production company
      • Loew's
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    Tech specs

    • Runtime
      • 10m
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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