Woman of Malacca

Woman of Malacca
Directed by Marc Allégret
Written by Francis de Croisset (novel)
Claude-André Puget
Jan Lustig
Starring Edwige Feuillère
Pierre Richard-Willm
Betty Daussmond
Jacques Copeau
Music by Louis Beydts
Cinematography Jules Kruger
Edited by Yvonne Martin
Production
company
Régina Film
Distributed by Tobis Film
Release dates
1 October 1937
Running time
113 minutes
Country France
Language French

Woman of Malacca (French:La dame de Malacca) is a 1937 French drama film directed by Marc Allégret and starring Edwige Feuillère, Pierre Richard-Willm and Betty Daussmond. It was based on a 1935 novel by the Belgian writer Francis de Croisset. It was a major success on its initial release.[1]

A separate German-language version Andere Welt was also made.

Synopsis

A young Englishwoman, Audrey Greenwood, marries an army officer to escape her dreary life as a school teacher. Accompanying her husband out for colonial service in Malacca, she soon grows unhappy with her marriage, and falls in love with a local sultan, Prince Selim.

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References

  1. Passerini, Labanyi & Diehl p.104

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