The Call of Africa
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]
| The Call of Africa | |
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| Directed by | César Fernández Ardavín |
| Written by | César Fernández Ardavín |
| Starring | Irma Torres Ángel Picazo Gérard Tichy |
| Music by | Jesús García Leoz |
| Cinematography | Juan Mariné |
| Edited by | Magdalena Pulido |
Production company | Hesperia Films |
| Distributed by | Hesperia Films |
Release date | 21 May 1952 |
Running time | 109 minutes |
| Country | Spain |
| Language | Spanish |
Cast
In alphabetical order
- Ali Beiba Uld Abidin
- Yahadid Ben Ahmed Lehbib
- Farachi Ben Emboiric
- Embarc Ben Mohamed Lamin
- Mario Berriatúa
- Tomás Blanco
- Fernando Heiko Vassel
- Tony Hernández
- José Jaspe
- José Manuel Martín
- Mayrata O'Wisiedo
- Ángel Picazo
- Gustavo Re
- Santiago Rivero
- Emilio Ruiz de Córdoba
- Gérard Tichy
- Irma Torres
References
- Bentley p.128
- Passerini, Labanyi & Diehl p.132
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.