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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.[1] 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.

Mare Nostrum
Directed by	Rafael Gil
Written by	Vicente Blasco Ibáñez (novel) Antonio Abad Ojuel Rafael Gil
Produced by	Cesáreo González
Starring	María Félix Fernando Rey Guillermo Marín José Nieto
Cinematography	Alfredo Fraile
Edited by	José Antonio Rojo
Music by	Juan Quintero
Production companies	Suevia Films Scalera Film
Distributed by	Suevia Films (Spain)
Release date	21 December 1948
Running time	90 minutes
Countries	Italy Spain
Language	Spanish

It is an adaptation of the novel of the same name by Vicente Blasco Ibáñez which had previously been turned into a 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 and becomes a friend of the allies.

When 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 cannot forgive her, and she is executed too. Finally Ulises dies when his ship is bombed by the Luftwaffe.

Cast

• María Félix as Freya
• Fernando Rey as Ulises / Capitán Ferragut
• Guillermo Marín as Von Kramer / Conde Gavelin
• José Nieto as Kurt
• Juan Espantaleón as Tío Caragón
• Porfiria Sanchíz as Doctora Fedelman
• Eduardo Fajardo as Capitán
• Ángel de Andrés as Toni
• Rafael Romero Marchent as Esteban
• Nerio Bernardi as Enrico De Paoli
• Osvaldo Genazzani as John
• Arturo Marín as Jefe tribunal militar
• Félix Fernandez as Recepcionista hotel
• José Franco as Maitre
• José Prada as Miembro tribunal
• Manuel Aguilera as Telegrafista
• Santiago Rivero as Capitán
• Antonio Vilar
• Teresa Arcos
• Francisco Bernal

References

Bibliography

• Bentley, Bernard. A Companion to Spanish Cinema. Boydell & Brewer 2008.

External links

• Mare Nostrum at IMDb

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