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'''''The Devil Came from Akasava''''' ([[German language|German]]: ''Der Teufel kam aus Akasava'') is a 1970 [[Cinema of Germany|West German]]-[[Cinema of Spain|Spanish]] [[adventure film|adventure]]-[[spy film]] directed by [[Jesús Franco]]. It is a liberal adaptation of the ''Keepers of the Stone'' in the collection ''Sanders of the River'' by [[Edgar Wallace]]<ref>[http://www.gutenberg.org/files/35545/35545-h/35545-h.htm#CHAPTER_II Sanders of the River]</ref> and forming a part of exotic stories on the fictional indigenous people of the Akasava. The film is one of the late example of [[Films based on works by Edgar Wallace|Edgar Wallace film adaptations]] that were particularly popular in Germany during the 1960s.
'''''The Devil Came from Akasava''''' ([[German language|German]]: ''Der Teufel kam aus Akasava'') is a 1970 [[Cinema of Germany|West German]]-[[Cinema of Spain|Spanish]] [[adventure film|adventure]]-[[spy film]] directed by [[Jesús Franco]]. It is a liberal adaptation of the ''Keepers of the Stone'' in the collection ''Sanders of the River'' by [[Edgar Wallace]]<ref>[http://www.gutenberg.org/files/35545/35545-h/35545-h.htm#CHAPTER_II Sanders of the River]</ref> and forming a part of exotic stories on the fictional indigenous people of the Akasava. The film is one of the late example of [[Films based on works by Edgar Wallace|Edgar Wallace film adaptations]] that were particularly popular in Germany during the 1960s.


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The Devil Came from Akasava
Directed byJesús Franco
(as Jess Frank)
Written byLadislas Fodor
Paul André
Produced byArtur Brauner
CinematographyManuel Merino
Music byManfred Hübler
Siegfried Schwab
Release date
1971
Running time
83 min
CountriesWest Germany
Spain
LanguageGerman

The Devil Came from Akasava (German: Der Teufel kam aus Akasava) is a 1970 West German-Spanish adventure-spy film directed by Jesús Franco. It is a liberal adaptation of 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. The film is one of the late example of Edgar Wallace film adaptations that were particularly popular in Germany during the 1960s.

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, it is revealed that the case has international priority and the Scotland Yard chief Sir Philipp (Siegfried Schürenberg) hands the case to Jane Morgan (Soledad Miranda), an attractive Secret Intelligence Service agent. 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, Rex Forrester (Fred Williams), professor's nephew 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
  • Jesús Franco (cameo): Tino Buacelli
  • Horst Tappert: Dr. Andrew Thorrsen
  • Alberto Dalbés: Irving Lambert
  • Ewa Strömberg: Ingrid Thorrsen
  • Ángel Menéndez: Prof. Walter Forrester
  • Siegfried Schürenberg: Sir Philipp

References