Mare Nostrum (1948 film)
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Writer Vicente Blasco Ibanez , Antonio Abad Ojuel Release date 21 December 1948 Cast Maria Felix (Freyra), (Ulises), Guillermo Marin (Von Kramer), Juan Espantaleon (Tio Caragon), (Capitan)Similar movies Maria Felix and Fernando Rey appear in Mare Nostrum and Faustina | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Mare Nostrum (English:Our Sea) is a 1948 Italian-Spanish drama film directed by Rafael Gil and starring María Félix, Fernando Rey and Guillermo Marín. The title refers to a Latin phrase for the Mediterranean Sea. A Spanish sailor becomes mixed up with a mysterious foreign spy at the time of the Second World War.
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It is an adaptation of the novel of the same name by Vicente Blasco Ibáñez which had previously been turned into 1926 American silent film.
Plot
German spies, using Freya María Félix as bait, convince neutral Spaniard Ulysses Ferragut to navigate a ship to put naval mines around british ports in the Mediterranean, telling him they would never fire on passenger ships. But one mine destroys the ship his son, Esteban, was on, killing him and many others. Searching for revenge Ulises changes his mind a becomes a friend of the allies.
When the U.S troops take over Naples Ulises chases the boss of the german spies, who is executed later. Freya begs for her life, but Ulises can´t forgive her and she is executed too. Finally Ulises dies when his ship is bombed by the Luftwaffe.
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References
Mare Nostrum (1948 film) WikipediaMare Nostrum (1948 film) IMDb