''The Song of Aixa'' or ''Aixa's Song'' (Spanish: ''La canción de Aixa'') is a 1939 German-Spanish

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directed by

Florián Rey Antonio Martínez del Castillo known professionally as Florián Rey was a Spanish director, actor, and screenwriter. He directed '' The Cursed Village'', widely recognized as a seminal work in silent Spanish cinema, and helped launch the career o ...

and starring

Imperio Argentina María Magdalena Nile del Río (26 December 1906 – 22 August 2003) was an Argentine professional singer and movie actress, better known as Imperio Argentina; she became a citizen of Spain in 1999. María Magdalena Nile del Río was born ...

.Bentley p.407 It is set in

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Cast

as Aixa * Pedro Barreto * Pedro Fernández Cuenca as Ben Darir * Anselmo Fernández as Ali * Pablo Hidalgo as Maestro * Manuel Luna as Abslam * Ricardo Merino as Hamed * Mari Paz Molinero as Zohira * Nicolás D. Perchicot as Amar *

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as Larbi * Rafaela Satorrés as Zaida

References

Bibliography

* Bentley, Bernard. ''A Companion to Spanish Cinema''. Boydell & Brewer 2008.

External links

* 1930s musical drama films German musical drama films Spanish musical drama films 1939 films 1930s Spanish-language films Films directed by Florián Rey Films set in Morocco Films of Nazi Germany Spanish black-and-white films German black-and-white films 1939 drama films 1930s German films {{musical-drama-film-stub