The Devil Came from Akasava
| The Devil Came from Akasava | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Jesús Franco (as Jess Frank) |
| Written by | Ladislas Fodor Paul André |
| Produced by | Artur Brauner |
| Cinematography | Manuel Merino |
| Music by | Manfred Hübler Siegfried Schwab |
Release date | 1971 |
Running time | 83 min |
| Countries | 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. It is a liberal adaptation of the 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
