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.Bentley p.128 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.Passerini, Labanyi & Diehl p.132
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.
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