Sirocco

Sirocco

100 mins | Drama, Comedy | Sept. 22, 1938

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.

Sirocco

100 mins | Drama, Comedy | Sept. 22, 1938

Sirocco
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.
IMDb rating 6.7
Producers Lux Compagnie Cinématographique de France, Gladiator Films
Original title La Maison du Maltais
Directors Pierre Chenal
Writers

Cast

Louis Jouvet

as Rossignol

Marcel Dalio

as Matteo Gordina, le Maltais

Viviane Romance

as Safia

Pierre Renoir

as L'archéologue André Chervin

Florence Marly

as Diana

Fréhel

as Rosina

Jean Sinoël

as Antonin Robillard

Jany Holt

as Greta

Gina Manès

as Olga

Jean Davy

as Un ami de Chervin

Max Dalban

as Jules,un ami de Chervin

Pierre Labry

as Le chef de la bande

Gaston Modot

as Le soutier

Martial Rèbe

as Ibrahim le Maltais

André Gabriello

as L'homme volé

Nina Myral

as L'épouse du collectionneur

Sinoël

as Antonin Robillard

Raymond Aimos

as Gégène