Mahlia the Mestiza

1943 film
  • Jean Francoux (novel)
  • Léo Mora
  • Paul Nivoix
Produced byCharles FasquelleStarring
CinematographyChristian MatrasEdited byRenée GuérinMusic by
  • Faustin Jeanjean
  • Rinaldo Rinaldi
Production
company
Combel Films
Distributed byC.F.D.F.
Release date
  • 15 December 1943 (1943-12-15)
Running time
93 minutesCountryFranceLanguageFrench

Mahlia the Mestiza (French: Mahlia la métisse) is a 1943 French drama film directed by Walter Kapps and starring Käthe von Nagy, Jean Servais and Georges Paulais.[1] The film had a lengthy and troubled production, as it began shooting in 1939 before the outbreak of the Second World War.

Cast

  • Käthe von Nagy as Mahlia - a mixed race woman adopted by a French couple
  • Jean Servais as Henri de Roussière - the son of Mahlia's adoptive parents
  • Georges Paulais as Mahlia's father
  • Catherine Fonteney as Madame de Roussière - Mahlia's adoptive mother
  • Pierre Magnier as Le docteur Moreuil (Dr. Moreuil)
  • Ky Duyen as Sao
  • Roger Karl as Tchang - a rich and sleezy man who covets Mahlia
  • Brigitte Bargès
  • Jacques Baumer
  • Pierre Labry
  • Philina Loquez
  • France Mooréa
  • Olga Pauletti
  • Georges Péclet
  • Janine Viénot

References

  1. ^ Bock & Bergfelder p.336

Bibliography

  • Hans-Michael Bock and Tim Bergfelder. The Concise Cinegraph: An Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books.

External links

  • Mahlia the Mestiza at IMDb Edit this at Wikidata


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