Woman of Malacca
{{short description|1937 film}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Woman of Malacca
| image = File:Woman of Malacca.jpg
| caption =
| director = Marc Allégret
| producer =
| writer = Francis de Croisset (novel)
Claude-André Puget
{{Interlanguage link|Jan Lustig|de}}
| starring = Edwige Feuillère
Pierre Richard-Willm
Betty Daussmond
Jacques Copeau
| music = Louis Beydts
| editing = Yvonne Martin
| cinematography = Jules Kruger
| studio = Régina Film Compagnie
La Magie Films
| distributor = Tobis Film
| released = {{Film date|1937|10|01|df=yes}}
| runtime = 113 minutes
| country = France
| language = French
| budget =
| gross =
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Woman of Malacca (French: La dame de Malacca) is a 1937 French drama film directed by Marc Allégret and starring Edwige Feuillère, Pierre Richard-Willm and Betty Daussmond. It was based on a 1935 novel by the French writer Francis de Croisset. It was a major success on its initial release.Passerini, Labanyi & Diehl p.104 It was shot at the Epinay Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jacques Krauss. A separate German-language version Another World was also made.
Synopsis
A young Englishwoman, Audrey Greenwood, marries an army officer to escape her dreary life as a school teacher. Accompanying her husband out for colonial service in Malacca, she soon grows unhappy with her marriage, and falls in love with a local sultan, Prince Selim.
Cast
- Edwige Feuillère as Audrey Greenwood
- Pierre Richard-Willm as Prince Selim
- Betty Daussmond as Lady Lyndstone
- Jacques Copeau as Lord Brandmore
- Gabrielle Dorziat as Lady Brandmore
- Jean Debucourt as Sir Eric Temple
- Jean Wall as Le major Carter
- Liliane Lesaffre as Lady Johnson
- Ky Duyen as Le japonais
- Foun-Sen as La servante
- William Aguet as Gerald
- Alexandre Mihalesco as Sirdae Raman
- René Bergeron as Le Docteur
- Magdeleine Bérubet as Mademoiselle Tramont
- Charlotte Clasis as Une amie d'Audrey
- Marthe Mellot as La sous-maîtresse de l'institut Tramont
- Robert Ozanne as Un journaliste
- René Fleur as Un journaliste
- Michèle Lahaye as Une dame anglaise
- Colette Proust as Une dame anglaise
References
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Bibliography
- Kennedy-Karpat, Colleen. Rogues, Romance, and Exoticism in French Cinema of the 1930s. Fairleigh Dickinson, 2013.
- Passerini, Luisa, Labanyi, Jo & Diehl, Karen. Europe and Love in Cinema. Intellect Books, 2012.
External links
- {{IMDb title|0028756}}
{{Marc Allegret}}
Category:1930s French-language films
Category:Films directed by Marc Allégret
Category:French black-and-white films
Category:Films based on French novels
Category:Films based on works by Francis de Croisset
Category:Films set in Malaysia
Category:French multilingual films
Category:Films shot at Epinay Studios
Category:1937 multilingual films
Category:Films scored by Louis Beydts
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