Sirocco

Sirocco (1938)

La Maison du Maltais

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.

Date of release
1938-09-22
TMDB
6.0 / 10 (11)
Runtime
1h 40m
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Director
Pierre Chenal

Casting

Interesting facts

Sirocco or The Maltese House is a 1938 French drama film directed by Pierre Chenal and starring Viviane Romance, Louis Jouvet, Pierre Renoir and Marcel Dalio. It was shot at the Saint-Maurice Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Georges Wakhévitch. It is an adaptation of a novel by Jean Vignaud, which had previously been made into the 1928 silent film Karina the Dancer, but made significant changed to the plot. It has been categorised as a film noir.

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