cpvaktibolaget Review of The Island Princess

The Island Princess (1954)

Very Interesting. Tells the Story of the Canary Islands before the Spanish conquers

[10/10 · 21 January 2007]

It's excellent, a great movie, great actors. When it was made (1956) and where it was filmed (in Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain) was a big revolution of the people. They had never seen a camera before. Some unknown people acted in the film. Nowdays the film is extinct. no copies of that film are available, only a work-copy in Sephia tone, and it's in Italian. People says that the original copy was burned... Who knows? It is an interesting film, the acting, the UNIQUE vegetation of Gran Canaria (Pines who can resist the fire, Tabaibas, Tajinastes) and most of the animals who appears. Based on the novel by Juan Del Río Ayala, it's amazing to see the work-copy, the pop-click of the Western System.... It's awesome.