''Conchita and the Engineer'' (), a.k.a. ''Macumba'', is a 1954 Brazilian-German

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directed by

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and

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and starring Paul Hartmann,

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and

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. It was based on a novel by .Goble p.454 It was shot at the

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near

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and on location in

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. The film's Brazilian title (see poster at right) translates as ''Conchita, Virgin of the Amazon''.

Cast

* Paul Hartmann as Prof. Dahlheim *

as Conchita *

as Cyll Farney * Josefin Kipper as Irene *

Herbert Hübner Herbert Hübner (6 February 1889 – 27 January 1972) was a German stage and film actor. He appeared in more than 150 films between 1921 and 1966. He was born in Breslau, Germany (now Wrocław, Poland) and died in Munich, West Germany. Select ...

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as Der Indier *

Charlott Daudert Charlott Daudert (27 December 1913 – 19 January 1961) was a German film actress.Jacobsen & Prinzler p.275 Filmography * ''The Csardas Princess (1934 film), The Csardas Princess'' (1934) * ''Frasquita'' (1934) * ''Da stimmt was nicht'' (1934) ...

Oliver Hassencamp Oliver Hassencamp (1921–1988) was a German writer and actor.Goble p.685 Selected filmography Film adaptations *', directed by Franz Peter Wirth (1963, based on the novel ''Bekenntnisse eines möblierten Herrn'') *'' Burg Schreckenstein'', di ...

* Henry Horman *

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Karl-Heinz Peters Karl-Heinz Peters (28 August 1903 – 5 September 1990) was a German film actor. Selected filmography * '' Alarm at Station III'' (1939) * ''Men Are That Way'' (1939) * '' The Governor'' (1939) * '' Enemies'' (1940) * '' Mein Leben für Irlan ...

References

Bibliography

* Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.

External links

* 1954 films 1954 adventure films West German films German adventure films Brazilian adventure films 1950s German-language films Films directed by Hans Hinrich Films directed by Franz Eichhorn Films set in Brazil Films based on German novels Brazilian black-and-white films German black-and-white films 1950s German films Films shot in Brazil Films shot at Babelsberg Studios 1950s Brazilian films {{1950s-adventure-film-stub