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Known for a long time as Belgium’s greatest explorer, the Marquis de Wavrin was also a writer, a talented photographer and a filmmaker. Using footage shot on his numerous journeys in Latin America in the 1920s and 1930s, he made successful films such as “Au Pays du Scalp” (1931) and “Chez les Indiens Sorciers” (1934). The DVD edition “Marquis de Wavrin” also includes the unpublished documentary “Marquis de Wavrin. Du manoir à la jungle” (2017), as well as “Au centre de l’Amérique du Sud inconnue” (1924), which was reconstructed from unedited rushes preserved at the Royal Film Archive of Belgium. A fascinating and intriguing person, he left us some extraordinary images of the South American continent. This edition has subtitles in French, English, Dutch and Spanish.
Known for a long time as Belgium’s greatest explorer, the Marquis de Wavrin was also a writer, a talented photographer and a filmmaker. Using footage shot on his numerous journeys in Latin America in the 1920s and 1930s, he made successful films such as “Au Pays du Scalp” (1931) and “Chez les Indiens Sorciers” (1934). The DVD edition “Marquis de Wavrin” also includes the unpublished documentary “Marquis de Wavrin. Du manoir à la jungle” (2017), as well as “Au centre de l’Amérique du Sud inconnue” (1924), which was reconstructed from unedited rushes preserved at the Royal Film Archive of Belgium. A fascinating and intriguing person, he left us some extraordinary images of the South American continent. This edition has subtitles in French, English, Dutch and Spanish.
