Karina the Dancer

Karina the Dancer
Directed byHenri Fescourt
Written by
  • Henri Fescourt
Based onLa maison du Maltais by Jean Vignaud
Starring
Cinematography
  • Maurice Arnou
  • Henri Stuckert
Production
companies
Release date
  • 18 January 1928 (1928-01-18)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguagesSilent
French intertitles

Karina the Dancer (French: La maison du Maltais) is a 1928 French silent drama film directed by Henri Fescourt and starring Marie-Louise Vois, Sylvio De Pedrelli, Louis Vonelly.[1] The film is based on a novel by Jean Vignaud, which was later adapted into 1938 film La maison du Maltais directed by Pierre Chenal.[2]

Cast

  • Marie-Louise Vois as Safia
  • Sylvio De Pedrelli as Matteo
  • Louis Vonelly as Jeweller
  • Jeanne Marnier
  • Lydia Zaréna
  • André Nicolle
  • Paul Francheschi
  • Bonaventura Ibáñez as Old Maltese
  • Nita Alvarez
  • Simone d'A-Lal
  • Jean Godaret

References

  1. ^ Kennedy-Karpat p.200
  2. ^ Goble p.479

Bibliography

  • Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
  • Kennedy-Karpat, Colleen. Rogues, Romance, and Exoticism in French Cinema of the 1930s. Fairleigh Dickinson, 2013.