Land without Bread | Las Hurdes

Haifa Classics

"Today, Las Hurdes is remembered less for its politicized images than it is for Buñuel parodic manipulation of documentary style."

Slant Magazine
  • Archive - Festival 35
  • Director: Luis Buñuel
  • Spain 1933
  • 30 minutes
  • French
  • Subtitles in Hebrew

Luis Buñuel, the most iconic and provocative Spanish filmmaker of all time, pushed conventional boundaries from the very start of his career.

In 1933 Buñuel made his first and only documentary. The film focuses on the Las Hurdes region of Spain, and the intense poverty of its occupants, who were trying to survive without even the most basic utilities and skills.

Filmography: That Obscure Object of Desire (1977), The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972),  Belle de Jour (1967), Diary of a Chambermaid (1964), Viridiana (1961), Nazarin (1959), The Young and the Damned (1950), L'Age d'Or (1930), Un Chien Andalou (1929).


  • Director Luis Buñuel
  • Production Ramón Acín, Luis Buñuel
  • Script Luis Buñuel
  • Cinematography Eli Lotar
  • Editing Luis Buñuel
  • Music Darius Milhaud
  • Source Les Films du Jeudi, Paris