Complete credited cast: | |||
Fred Williams | ... | Rex Forrester | |
Soledad Miranda | ... | Jane Morgan (as Susann Korda) | |
Horst Tappert | ... | Dr. Andrew Thorrsen | |
Ewa Strömberg | ... | Ingrid Thorrsen (as Ewa Stroemberg) | |
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Siegfried Schürenberg | ... | Sir Philip |
Walter Rilla | ... | Lord Kingsley | |
Paul Muller | ... | Dr. Henry (as Paul Müller) | |
Blandine Ebinger | ... | Lady Abigail Kingsley | |
Howard Vernon | ... | Valet Humphrey |
A mineral is discovered which can turn metal to gold or humans into zombies. When the mineral is stolen, secret agents are sent in to get the mineral back!
"The Devil Came From Akasava", more an exotic adventure than a spy movie, is one of the slickest-looking Jess Franco movies I've seen so far, though Franco (over)uses the ZOOM function of his cameras so much you'd think he was a kid who had just discovered them and couldn't resist fooling around with them. Nonetheless, his greatest failing - one that can easily be associated with many of his movies - is his inability (or maybe his indifference) to tell a coherent story: I watched this movie twice and I'm still mixed up on more than a few whos, whys and hows. As a an adventure film, "The Devil Came From Akasava" never gets exciting. Still, it's worth a look for the astonishingly beautiful Soledad Miranda, whom Franco films fetishistically, and who can blame him - the woman is sheer perfection. However, the script gives her little to work with, and as a result her character is shallow - as is the entire film. ** out of 4.