Malaria (1943 film)
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| Directed by | Jean Gourguet |
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| Cinematography | Georges Million |
| Edited by | |
| Music by | Arthur Hoérée |
Production company | Union Française de Production Cinématographique |
| Distributed by | Societe d'Edition et de Location de Films |
Release date | 30 June 1943 |
Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
Malaria is a 1943 French drama film directed by Jean Gourguet and starring Mireille Balin, Sessue Hayakawa and Jacques Dumesnil.[1]
The film's sets were designed by the art director .
Synopsis[]
In the French colonial empire a love triangle develops between two men and a woman. She begins having an affair with a man who promises to take her back to Europe and away from the tropical colony which she finds like a prison. However a native servant overhears them and then mysteriously disappears, leading to suspicions of murders.
Cast[]
- Mireille Balin as Madeleine Barral
- Sessue Hayakawa as Saïdi
- Jacques Dumesnil as Jean Barral
- Jean Debucourt as Le docteur Cyril
- Michel Vitold as Henri Malfas
- Alexandre Rignault as Le père Dalmar
- Charles Lemontier as Ginès
- Marcel Maupi as Zanzi
- Paul Demange as Moniz
- as Dago
- as Kilouaki
References[]
- ^ Kennedy-Karpat p.183
Bibliography[]
- Kennedy-Karpat, Colleen. Rogues, Romance, and Exoticism in French Cinema of the 1930s. Fairleigh Dickinson, 2013.
External links[]
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Categories:
- French-language films
- 1943 films
- 1943 drama films
- French drama films
- French films
- Films directed by Jean Gourguet
- 1940s French film stubs