Maldone
1928 film
Misdeal (French: Maldone) is a 1928 French silent drama film directed by Jean Grémillon and starring Charles Dullin, Marcelle Dullin and Geymond Vital. The film's sets were designed by art director André Barsacq.
01Synopsis
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.
02Cast
- 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
Sources and credits
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Images, from Wikimedia Commons:
- Maldone (Charles Dullin) -- movie poster.jpg by Maurice Toussaint, PD-US
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