The Call of Africa

CinematographyJuan MarinéEdited byMagdalena PulidoMusic byJesús García LeozDistributed byHesperia Films109 minutesCountrySpainLanguageSpanish

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]

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.

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

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• The Call of Africa at IMDb