

Nostromo: David Lean's Impossible Dream
2017-12-02 · 85 min · ★ 6.4
Documentary about David Lean's unfinished attempt of adapting Joseph Conrad's novel Nostromo.
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- Directors
- Pedro González Bermúdez
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- TCM España
- Countries
- Spain
- Status
- Released
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José SacristánSelf - Narrator (voice)
Georges CorrafaceSelf
Christopher HamptonSelf
Hugh HudsonSelf
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