Zamboanga (film)

Danao (Fernando Poe) is betrothed to the datu's granddaughter, Minda (Rosa del Rosario).

The two hired Filipino-American Eduardo de Castro to direct the film, with William H. Jansen fulfilling the role of the cameraman.

Louis R. Morse was responsible for Zamboanga's sound recording, Ralph Dixon for the editing and Edward Kilenyi Sr. did the musical score.

[7] The copy itself, which in turn came from Finland,[2] was repatriated back to the Philippines[7] and was screened in the country as part of the 2004 Pelikula at Lipunan film festival.

He note several inaccuracies with the actual local culture of Mindanao, the trope of abduction of women from the seraglio (a narrative device popular in Europe in the 18th century in stories involving the Ottomans), and the portrayal of the Moro, particularly the antagonist Hadji's side, as civilized yet still barbaric.

For the filming technique he praised the underwater shooting which he finds more advanced than Zamboanga's contemporaries Bird of Paradise and Tabu.