The Devil Came from Akasava

The Devil Came from Akasava
Directed by Jesús Franco
(as Jess Frank)
Produced by Artur Brauner
Karl Heinz Mannchen
Written by Ladislas Fodor
Paul André
Based on Keepers of the Stone
by Edgar Wallace
Starring Soledad Miranda
Fred Williams
Horst Tappert
Music by Manfred Hübler
Siegfried Schwab
Cinematography Manuel Merino
Release dates
5 March 1971
Running time
83 min
Country West Germany
Spain
Language German

The Devil Came from Akasava (German: Der Teufel kam aus Akasava) is a 1970 West German-Spanish adventure-spy film directed by Jesús Franco.

Background

The Devil Came from Akasava is based on the short story Keepers of the Stone in the collection Sanders of the River by Edgar Wallace[1] and forming a part of exotic stories on the fictional indigenous people of the Akasava. It is a late example of Edgar Wallace film adaptations that were particularly popular in Germany during the 1960s.

The lead actress Soledad Miranda was killed in a car accident in Portugal soon after finishing this film.

Plot

Prof. Walter Forrester (Ángel Menéndez) is a British scientist working in the Akasava jungle in South America. His assistant finds a mysterious stone but it is stolen and Forrester vanishes, leaving him as the sole suspect. However, after a Scotland Yard detective is murdered while entering Forrester's office in London, the Scotland Yard chief Sir Philipp (Siegfried Schürenberg) hands the case to Jane Morgan (Soledad Miranda), an attractive agent, while given its international priority, Secret Intelligence Service will be on the case. Now, on a secret mission and with double identity as the young stripper wife of the British consul Irving Lambert (Alberto Dalbés), Morgan arrives in South America. Meanwhile, she meets Rex Forrester (Fred Williams), professor's nephew who is also concerned of his fate and arrives in the country for further investigation.

Cast

References

  1. Sanders of the River

External links

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