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The Devil Came from Akasava
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Wikipedia article
'The Devil Came from Akasava' is a 1971 West German-Spanish adventure-spy film directed by Jess Franco. It was based on a novel by Edgar Wallace called 'Keeper of the Stone'.
The film was shot at the Spandau Studios in Berlin with location shooting in Lisbon and Spain.
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[http://www.gutenberg.org/files/35545/35545-h/35545-h.htm#CHAPTER_II Sanders of the River] 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 (ngel Menndez) 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 Schrenberg) 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 Dalbs), 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
*Soledad Miranda (as Susann Korda): Jane Morgan
*Fred Williams: Rex Forrester
*Jess Franco (cameo): Tino Celli
*Horst Tappert: Dr. Andrew Thorrsen
*Alberto Dalbs: Irving Lambert
*Ewa Strmberg: Ingrid Thorrsen
*ngel Menndez: Prof. Walter Forrester
*Siegfried Schrenberg: Sir Philipp
*Walter Rilla: Lord Kingsley
*Paul Mller: Dr. Henry
*Blandine Ebinger: Abigaile Kingsley
*Howard Vernon: Humphrey
References
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