La Maison du Maltais (1938)

Title: Sirocco
Original Title: La Maison du Maltais
Release Date: 1938-09-22
Status: Released
Rating: 6.1/10 (from 7 votes)
Language: FR
Genres: Comedy, Drama
Production Companies: Lux Compagnie Cinématographique de France, Gladiator Films
Town trollop Safia, much against her better judgment, falls in love with Matteo, a beggar and mystic in the native quarter of Sirocco. She flees to France, first as the mistress and then wife of a wealthy archaeologist, and bears him Matteo's child, whom he believes to be his own. Complications arise years later when Matteo finds Safia, and a ring of blackmailers uncover her past and exposes her to her husband.
Cast

Louis Jouvet
Rossignol

Viviane Romance
Safia

Marcel Dalio
Matteo Gordina, 'le Maltais'

Pierre Renoir
Archaeologist André Chervin

Florence Marly
Diana

Fréhel
Rosina

Jany Holt
Greta

Gina Manès
Olga

Jean Davy
Friend of Chervin

Max Dalban
Jules, friend of Chervin