Some prominent critics wrote negative reviews. In his 1941 review for Sur, Jorge Luis Borges famously called the film "a labyrinth with no center" and predicted that its legacy would be a film "whose historical value is undeniable but which no one cares to see again."
Some critics gave negative reviews of the film. Jorge Luis Borges, in his 1941 review for Sur, famously described the movie as "a labyrinth without a center" and predicted that its historical significance would be undeniable but that it wouldn't be revisited by audiences.