--- title: 'La maison du Maltais (1938)' type: 'film' director: 'Pierre Chenal' released: '1938-01-01' runtime_minutes: 89 genres: - 'Drama' countries: - 'France' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/la-maison-du-maltais-1938' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0165378/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # La maison du Maltais (1938) 1938 · 89 min · Drama · France Original title: La Maison du Maltais ## Synopsis Sirocco or The Maltese House is a 1938 French drama film directed by Pierre Chenal and starring Viviane Romance, Louis Jouvet, Pierre Renoir and Marcel Dalio. It was shot at the Saint-Maurice Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Georges Wakhévitch. It is an adaptation of a novel by Jean Vignaud, which had previously been made into the 1928 silent film Karina the Dancer, but made significant changed to the plot. It has been categorised as a film noir. ## Credits - **Director:** [Pierre Chenal](https://cinepixo.com/people/pierre-chenal) - **Screenplay:** [Pierre Chenal](https://cinepixo.com/people/pierre-chenal) - **Original Music Composer:** [Jacques Ibert](https://cinepixo.com/people/jacques-ibert) ## Cast - [Gina Manès](https://cinepixo.com/people/gina-manes) - [Jany Holt](https://cinepixo.com/people/jany-holt) - [Anthony Gildès](https://cinepixo.com/people/anthony-gildes) - [Pierre Renoir](https://cinepixo.com/people/pierre-renoir) - [Paul Marthès](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-marthes) - [Pierre Labry](https://cinepixo.com/people/pierre-labry) - [Viviane Romance](https://cinepixo.com/people/viviane-romance) - [Jacques Erwin](https://cinepixo.com/people/jacques-erwin) - [Frédéric O'Brady](https://cinepixo.com/people/frederic-o-brady) - [Marcel Dalio](https://cinepixo.com/people/marcel-dalio) - [Raymond Rognoni](https://cinepixo.com/people/raymond-rognoni) - [Génia Vaury](https://cinepixo.com/people/genia-vaury) - [Geneviève Sorya](https://cinepixo.com/people/genevieve-sorya) - [Robert Moor](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-moor) - [Georges Paulais](https://cinepixo.com/people/georges-paulais) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/la-maison-du-maltais-1938 Film facts: Wikidata (Q3210404); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.