The Call of Africa
| The Call of Africa | |
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| Directed by | César Fernández Ardavín |
| Written by | César Fernández Ardavín |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | |
| Edited by | Magdalena Pulido |
| Music by | Jesús García Leoz |
Production company | Hesperia Films |
| Distributed by | Hesperia Films |
Release date | 21 May 1952 |
Running time | 109 minutes |
| Country | Spain |
| Language | Spanish |
The Call of Africa (Spanish: La llamada de África) is a 1952 Spanish war film directed by César Fernández Ardavín and starring Irma Torres, Ángel Picazo and Gérard Tichy.[1] It is set in 1940 in Spanish Morocco. German agents operating out of Vichy-controlled Mauritania attempt to sabotage a strategic Spanish airstrip. The Spanish and their native Moroccan allies are able to thwart this. The film's hero a Spanish colonial army officer, enters into a relationship with a Berber princess. It was made at a time when Spain's dicator General Franco was trying to forge a closer relationship with the Arab states of the Middle East and the film promotes a concept of the "blood brotherhood" that links the Spanish and Moroccans.[2]
Cast[]
In alphabetical order
- Mario Berriatúa
- Tomás Blanco
- José Jaspe
- José Manuel Martín
- Ángel Picazo
- Gustavo Re
- Gérard Tichy
- Irma Torres
References[]
Bibliography[]
- Bentley, Bernard. A Companion to Spanish Cinema. Boydell & Brewer 2008.
- Passerini, Luisa, Labanyi, Jo & Diehl, Karen. Europe and Love in Cinema. Intellect Books, 2012.
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