Sirocco (1938)

6.0/10 • 100 min • Comedy Drama

Overview

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

Viviane Romance

Marcel Dalio

Matteo Gordina, 'le Maltais'

Pierre Renoir

Archaeologist André Chervin

Florence Marly

Fréhel

Jany Holt

Jean Davy

Friend of Chervin

Max Dalban

Jules, friend of Chervin

Pierre Labry

Leader of the gang

Gaston Modot

André Gabriello

Nina Myral

Collector's wife

Sinoël

Antonin Robillard

Raymond Aimos

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