Maldone
1928 film
- 14 September 1928 (1928-09-14)
French intertitles
Misdeal (French: Maldone) is a 1928 French silent drama film directed by Jean Grémillon and starring Charles Dullin, Marcelle Dullin and Geymond Vital.[1] The film's sets were designed by art director André Barsacq.
Synopsis
The film tells the story of a wealthy young man flees from his family's estate, and finds employment as a canal worker. He falls in love with a gypsy girl, but when a death in the family requires him to return home and run his estate, he marries a neighbor's daughter. Years later, he becomes obsessed with his old lover after a chance meeting.
Cast
- Charles Dullin as Olivier Maldone
- Marcelle Dullin as Missia, la voyante
- Geymond Vital as Marcellin Maldone
- André Bacqué as Juste Maldone, l'oncle
- George Seroff as Léonard, le serviteur
- Annabella as Flora Lévigné
- Roger Karl as Lévigné père
- Mathilde Alberti as L'épicière
- Lucien Arnaud as Le voyageur
- Genica Athanasiou as Zita
- Edmond Beauchamp as Le gitan
- Alexej Bondireff as Le patron de la péniche
- Gabrielle Fontan
- Isabelle Kloucowski as La gitane
- Charles Lavialle as Le facteur
- Daniel Lecourtois as Un danseur
- Jean Mamy as Un marinier
References
- ^ Levine p.190
Bibliography
- Levine, Alison. Framing the Nation: Documentary Film in Interwar France. A&C Black, 2011.
External links
- Maldone at IMDb
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The films of Jean Grémillon
- Misdeal (1928)
- The Lighthouse Keepers (1929)
- Little Lise (1930)
- Dainah the Mulatto (1932)
- Our Lady of Sorrows (1934)
- Royal Waltz (1936)
- Lady Killer (1937)
- The Strange Monsieur Victor (1938)
- Stormy Waters (1941)
- Summer Light (1943)
- The Woman Who Dared (1944)
- White Paws (1949)
- The Strange Madame X (1951)
- The Love of a Woman (1953)
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