A beautiful multiracial woman travels on an ocean liner with her well-to-do, magician husband, while flirting with several white men. When she disappears from the ship, both the husband and a ship's engineer are implicated in the mystery. A shocking (in its time) flouting of colonial politics, the film was drastically cut by its distributor. Disavowed afterward by director Jean Grémillon, it dazzles nonetheless.
35mm, b/w, in French with English subtitles, 51 min. Production: Gaumont-Franco-Film-Aubert. Distribution: Gaumont-Franco-Film-Aubert. Director: Jean Grémillon. Based on the novel by Pierre Daye. Screenwriter: Charles Spaak. Cinematographer: Louis Page, Georges Périnal. Production Design: Jacques Lafitte. With: Habib Benglia, Charles Vanel, Laurence Clavius, Gaston Dubosc.
