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The Devil Came from Akasava
The Devil Came from Akasava
	German theatrical release poster
Directed by	Jess Frank
Screenplay by	Ladislas Fodor; Paul André; Jesús Franco;
Based on	The Keepers of the Stone; by Edgar Wallace
Produced by	Artur Brauner;
Starring	Fred Williams; Susann Korda; Horst Tappert; Ewa Strömberg; Siegfried Schürenberg; Walter Rilla;
Cinematography	Manuel Merino
Edited by	Clarissa Ambach; María Luisa Soriano;
Music by	Manfred Hübler; Siegfried Schwab;
Production; companies	CCC Films; Fenix Films;
Distributed by	Cinerama Filmgesellschaft (West Germany); CEA Distribución (Spain);
Release date	5 March 1971;
Running time	83 minutes
Countries	West Germany; Spain;
Language	German

The Devil Came from Akasava (German: Der Teufel kam aus Akasava) is a 1971 West German-Spanish adventure-spy film directed by Jesús Franco. It was based on a novel by Edgar Wallace called The Keepers of the Stone.

The film was shot at the Spandau Studios in Berlin with location shooting in Lisbon and Spain.

Background

The Devil Came from Akasava is based on the short story Keepers of the Stone in the collection Sanders of the River by Edgar Wallace,^[3] and forming a part of exotic stories on the fictional indigenous people of the Akasava. It is a late example of Edgar Wallace film adaptations that were particularly popular in Germany during the 1960s. Lead actress Soledad Miranda was killed in a car accident in Portugal soon after finishing this film.^{[citation needed]}

Plot

Prof. Walter Forrester is a British scientist working in the Akasava jungle in South America.^[4] 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, Scotland Yard chief Sir Philipp hands the case to attractive agent Jane Morgan, even though the Secret Intelligence Service will also be on the case due to its international priority. Morgan arrives in South America under the covert identity of the young stripper wife of British consul Irving Lambert. There she meets Rex Forrester, the professor's nephew, who is also concerned about his fate and is conducting his own investigation.

Cast

Soledad Miranda (as Susann Korda): Jane Morgan
Fred Williams: Rex Forrester
Jesús Franco (cameo): Tino Celli
Horst Tappert: Dr. Andrew Thorrsen
Alberto Dalbés: Irving Lambert
Ewa Strömberg: Ingrid Thorrsen
Ángel Menéndez: Prof. Walter Forrester
Siegfried Schürenberg: Sir Philipp
Walter Rilla: Lord Kingsley
Paul Müller: Dr. Henry
Blandine Ebinger: Abigail Kingsley
Howard Vernon: Humphrey

Reception

TV guide found it was a "Campy espionage tale".^[5] A review at Horror News stated, "Anyone familiar with Franco’s career knows that his films tend to be loaded with nudity and skirts the edges of being porn. Luckily, he toned down the sexual elements to fall in line to what was standard for James Bond-inspired films. However, toned down does not mean excised."^[6]