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Mare Nostrum (1948 film)
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Wikipedia article
'Mare Nostrum' (English: 'Our Sea') is a 1948 Italian-Spanish drama film directed by Rafael Gil and starring Mara Flix, Fernando Rey and Guillermo Marn.Bentley p.105 The title refers to a Latin phrase for the Mediterranean Sea. A Spanish sailor becomes mixed up with a mysterious foreign spy at the time of the Second World War.
It is an adaptation of the novel of the same name by Vicente Blasco Ibez which had previously been turned into a 1926 American silent film.
Plot
German spies, using Freya (Mara Flix) as bait, convince neutral Spaniard Ulysses Ferragut to navigate a ship to put naval mines around British ports in the Mediterranean, telling him they would never fire on passenger ships. But one mine destroys the ship his son, Esteban, was on, killing him and many others. Searching for revenge, Ulises changes his mind and becomes a friend of the allies.
When U.S. troops take over Naples, Ulises chases the boss of the German spies, who is executed later. Freya begs for her life, but Ulises can't forgive her, and she is executed too. Finally Ulises dies when his ship is bombed by the Luftwaffe.
Cast
* Mara Flix as Freya
* Fernando Rey as Ulises / Capitn Ferragut
* Guillermo Marn as Von Kramer / Conde Gavelin
* Jos Nieto as Kurt
* Juan Espantalen as To Caragn
* Porfiria Sanchz as Doctora Fedelman
* Eduardo Fajardo as Capitn
* ngel de Andrs as Toni
* Rafael Romero Marchent as Esteban
* Nerio Bernardi as Enrico De Paoli
* Osvaldo Genazzani as John
* Arturo Marn as Jefe tribunal militar
* Flix Fernandez as Recepcionista hotel
* Jos Franco as Maitre
* Jos Prada as Miembro tribunal
* Manuel Aguilera as Telegrafista
* Santiago Rivero as Capitn
* Antonio Vilar
* Teresa Arcos
* Francisco Bernal
References
Bibliography
* Bentley, Bernard. 'A Companion to Spanish Cinema'. Boydell & Brewer 2008.
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