Macumba (/ transl. Conchita and the Engineer) is a 1954 Brazilian-German adventure film directed by Franz Eichhorn and Hans Hinrich and starring Paul Hartmann, Vanja Orico and Robert Freitag. It was based on a novel by .Goble p.454 It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Potsdam near Berlin and on location in Brazil. The film's Brazilian title (see poster at right) translates as Conchita, Virgin of the Amazon. It was released in English-speaking countries as Macumba, playing on a double bill with Ed Wood's Bride of the Monster (1955).Weldon, Michael (1983). "The Psychotronic Encyclopedia of Film". Ballantine Books. ISBN 0-345-34345-X. Page 89
Cast Paul Hartmann as Prof. Dahlheim Vanja Orico as Conchita Robert Freitag as Cyll Farney Josefin Kipper as Irene Herbert Hübner Siegfried Schürenberg Ary as Der Indier Charlott Daudert Oliver Hassencamp Henry Horman Gilberto Martinho Panos Papadopulos Karl-Heinz Peters
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Bibliography Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
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