| ID | 142612 |
| Title Proper | Abd el-Krim's guerrilla war against Spain and France in North Africa |
| Other Title Information | An adventure setting for screen melodramas |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Rich, Paul B ; Er, Mevliyar |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | The Riffian rebel leader Mohammed Abd el-Krim Al-Khattabi (1882–1963) became an important early guerrilla leader by successfully initiating extensively organized resistance in the Moroccan Rif against Spanish and French imperial power in the early 1920s. The Rif War triggered a wave of adventure films since the 1930s. This article will look at some of these, especially Sergeant Klems (1971) and The Wind and the Lion (1975), and suggest that they can be seen in terms of the wider impact of screen Orientalism derived from the iconic film Lawrence of Arabia (1962) directed by David Lean. The article will show that these films promoted what it terms a colonial gaze by underlining many stereotyped cinematic clichés relating to the Islamic cultural area and Abd el-Krim's revolt that stretch back to the early history of cinema. |
| `In' analytical Note | Small Wars and Insurgencies Vol. 26, No.4; Aug 2015: p.597-615 |
| Journal Source | Small Wars and Insurgencies Vol: 26 No 4 |
| Key Words | Guerrilla Warfare ; Morocco ; Stereotypes ; Abd el-Krim ; Sergeant Klems ; Rif War ; Clichés |