The Call of Africa

The Call of Africa
Directed by	César Fernández Ardavín
Written by	César Fernández Ardavín
Starring	Irma Torres Ángel Picazo Gérard Tichy
Cinematography	Juan Mariné
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. 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]

Synopsis

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

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

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.

External links

• The Call of Africa at IMDb

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