Amaya (1952 film)

Amaya is a 1952 Spanish historical drama film directed by Luis Marquina and starring Susana Canales, Julio Peña and José Bódalo.^{[1] [2]} The film's sets were designed by the art director Luis Pérez Espinosa.

Amaya
Directed by	Luis Marquina
Written by	Jesús Azcarreta Luis Marquina
Based on	Amaya by Francisco Navarro Villoslada
Starring	Susana Canales Julio Peña José Bódalo
Cinematography	Heinrich Gärtner José F. Aguayo
Edited by	Magdalena Pulido
Production company	Producciones Cinematográficas Hudesa
Distributed by	CIFESA
Release date	7 October 1952 (1952-10-07)
Running time	110 minutes
Country	Spain
Language	Spanish

An adaptation of Francisco Navarro Villoslada's historical novel Amaya o los vascos en el siglo VIII, Marquina's version features a visceral judeophobia amplified from the original work, which pushes a conspiracy narrative attributing the "711 loss of Spain" to a Jewish plot.^[3] The film's antisemitic sentiment is strongly displayed in sequences such as those involving the uprising of the Pamplona's jewry, and the imprisoning of Basque Christians.^[4]

Cast

• Susana Canales as Amaya
• Julio Peña as Íñigo García
• José Bódalo as Teodosio
• Pedro Porcel as Vladimiro
• Porfiria Sanchíz as Amagoys
• Ramón Elías as Hermano Paconio
• Francisco Pierrá as Miguel de Goñi
• Rafael Luis Calvo as Eudonio
• Eugenia Zúffoli as Constanza
• Armando Moreno as Capitán Munio
• Manuel Aguilera as Ausonio
• Rafael Arcos as Pelayo
• Arturo Marín as Asben
• Manolo Morán as Saturnino Aizcur
• Miguel Pastor as Anatolio
• Mónica Pastrana as Olaya
• Santiago Rivero as Echeverría
• Luisa Rodrigo as Petronila