Romancero marroquí (1939)

Overview : The young farmer Aalami leaves his family to find work elsewhere. He gets to know the country and its people, customs and traditions at Küste in North Africa: Market life in Tetuan, the art of craftsmanship, the life of the Moors, dances and festivities in honour of the caliph, white mosques, the call of the muezzin of the minaret and the music of the shepherd flutes. Aalami also follows Franco's call and flies from Morocco to Spain to fight at Bürgerkrieg. In the end Aalami comes back to his wife and children.

Release Date : July 16, 1939

Runtime : 85m

Genre : Documentary  

Companies : Alta Comisaría de España en Marruecos, Tobis Filmkunst, CEA

Countries : Spain

Keywords : morocco, spanish civil war (1936-39)