La maison du Maltais (1938)

(Sirocco)

Country: FR
Technical: bw 90m
Director: Pierre Chenal
Cast: Louis Jouvet, Pierre Renoir, Viviane Romance

Synopsis:

In an Italian town the local floozy falls for a tramp and fathers his child, but not before she attaches herself to a wealthy archaeologist and moves to France. However, her past catches up with her.

Review:

Atmospheric melodrama from the golden age of French cinema; perhaps its director's best film.