Mahlia the Mestiza

Mahlia the Mestiza
Directed by	Walter Kapps
Written by	Jean Francoux (novel) Léo Mora Paul Nivoix
Produced by	Charles Fasquelle
Starring	Käthe von Nagy Jean Servais Georges Paulais
Cinematography	Christian Matras
Edited by	Renée Guérin
Music by	Faustin Jeanjean Rinaldo Rinaldi
Production company	Combel Films
Distributed by	C.F.D.F.
Release date	15 December 1943
Running time	93 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

Mahlia the Mestiza (French: Mahlia la métisse) is a 1943 French drama film directed by Walter Kapps and starring Käthe von Nagy, Jean Servais and Georges Paulais. The film had a lengthy and troubled production, as it began shooting in 1939 before the outbreak of the Second World War.

Cast

• Käthe von Nagy as Mahlia - a mixed race woman adopted by a French couple
• Jean Servais as Henri de Roussière - the son of Mahlia's adoptive parents
• Georges Paulais as Mahlia's father
• Catherine Fonteney as Madame de Roussière - Mahlia's adoptive mother
• Pierre Magnier as Le docteur Moreuil (Dr. Moreuil)
• Ky Duyen as Sao
• Roger Karl as Tchang - a rich and sleezy man who covets Mahlia
• Brigitte Bargès
• Jacques Baumer
• Pierre Labry
• Philina Loquez
• France Mooréa
• Olga Pauletti
• Georges Péclet
• Janine Viénot

Bibliography

• Hans-Michael Bock and Tim Bergfelder. The Concise Cinegraph: An Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books.

External links

• Mahlia the Mestiza at IMDb