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