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. It was made at a time when Spain's dictator 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
Directed byCésar Fernández Ardavín
Written byCésar Fernández Ardavín
Starring
CinematographyJuan Mariné
Edited byMagdalena Pulido
Music byJesús García Leoz
Production
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Hesperia Films
Distributed byHesperia Films
Release date
  • 21 May 1952 (1952-05-21)
Running time
109 minutes
CountrySpain
LanguageSpanish

Synopsis

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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.

Cast

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In alphabetical order

References

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  1. ^ Bentley p.128
  2. ^ Passerini, Labanyi & Diehl p.132

Bibliography

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  • 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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