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directed by

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and starring

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and Hélène Robert.Kennedy-Karpat p.78 It is a remake of the director's own 1928 silent film of the same title. The film's sets were designed by the

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Synopsis

The film portrays the relationship between a female Moroccan student, who has been forced to leave her studies at the Sorbonne for financial reasons and works as a dancer in a

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nightclub, and a French naval officer. However, on returning to

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she is tricked into believing that he had the led attack on her village that wiped out her family. She begins to plot her revenge.

Cast

References

Bibliography

* Kennedy-Karpat, Colleen. ''Rogues, Romance, and Exoticism in French Cinema of the 1930s''. Fairleigh Dickinson, 2013.

External links

* 1938 films French drama films 1938 drama films 1930s French-language films Films directed by Henri Fescourt Films set in Paris Films set in Casablanca Remakes of French films Sound film remakes of silent films French black-and-white films 1930s French films Films scored by Jane Bos French-language drama films Films based on works by Henry Kistemaeckers {{1930s-France-film-stub