Woman of Malacca

1937 film

1 October 1937 (1937-10-01)

Running time

113 minutesCountryFranceLanguageFrench

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 French writer Francis de Croisset. It was a major success on its initial release.^[1] It was shot at the Epinay Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jacques Krauss. A separate German-language version Another World 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.

Cast

Edwige Feuillère as Audrey Greenwood
Pierre Richard-Willm as Prince Selim
Betty Daussmond as Lady Lyndstone
Jacques Copeau as Lord Brandmore
Gabrielle Dorziat as Lady Brandmore
Jean Debucourt as Sir Eric Temple
Jean Wall as Le major Carter
Liliane Lesaffre as Lady Johnson
Ky Duyen as Le japonais
Foun-Sen as La servante
William Aguet as Gerald
Alexandre Mihalesco as Sirdae Raman
René Bergeron as Le Docteur
Magdeleine Bérubet as Mademoiselle Tramont
Charlotte Clasis as Une amie d'Audrey
Marthe Mellot as La sous-maîtresse de l'institut Tramont
Robert Ozanne as Un journaliste
René Fleur as Un journaliste
Michèle Lahaye as Une dame anglaise
Colette Proust as Une dame anglaise

References

^ Passerini, Labanyi & Diehl p.104

Bibliography

Kennedy-Karpat, Colleen. Rogues, Romance, and Exoticism in French Cinema of the 1930s. Fairleigh Dickinson, 2013.
Passerini, Luisa, Labanyi, Jo & Diehl, Karen. Europe and Love in Cinema. Intellect Books, 2012.