''White Mission'' (Spanish: ''Misión blanca'') is a 1946 Spanish drama film directed by

Juan de Orduña Juan de Orduña y Fernández-Shaw (27 December 1900 – 3 February 1974) was a Spanish film director, screenwriter and actor. Subservient to the ideological tenets and preferences of Francoism, he was one of the regime's standout directors du ...

and starring Manuel Luna,

Jorge Mistral Modesto Llosas Rosell (24 November 1920 – 20 April 1972) known professionally as Jorge Mistral was a Spanish film actor. During the 1940s, he became a star in films produced by CIFESA. In the 1950s, he lived and worked in México and ap ...

and

Fernando Rey Fernando Casado Arambillet (La Coruña (Spain), 20 September 1917 – Madrid (Spain), 9 March 1994), best known as Fernando Rey, was a Spanish film, theatre, and television actor, who worked in both Europe and the United States. A suave, i ...

. The film was shot on location in Spanish GuineaBentley, Bernard. ''A Companion to Spanish Cinema''. Boydell & Brewer, 2008. p. 103. . and in a Spanish studio. The film's sets were designed by Sigfrido Burmann and Francisco Canet. The film portrays a religious mission in the Spanish Empire.

Cast

* as Father Mauricio *Gabriel Algara as Jiménez *Marianela Barandalla as Diana *Elva de Bethancourt as Souka *

Juan Espantaleón Juan Espantaleón (1885–1966) was a Spanish film actor.González p.248 Selected filmography * '' Currito of the Cross'' (1926) * '' Nobleza baturra'' (1935) * '' Huella de luz'' (1943) * '' Eloisa Is Under an Almond Tree'' (1943) * '' The Nail' ...

as Cesáreo Urgoiti * Manuel Luna as Brisco * as Father Daniel *

as Minoa * as Father Suárez * Julio Peña as Father Javier *

as Carlos *José Miguel Rupert as Souka's father * Jesús Tordesillas as Father Urcola

References

External links

* 1946 drama films Spanish drama films Films directed by Juan de Orduña Films scored by Juan Quintero Muñoz Spanish black-and-white films Equatoguinean drama films 1940s Spanish films {{Drama-film-stub