Sarati, le terrible (1937)
Directed by André Hugon

Drama
aka: Sarati the Terrible

Film Synopsis

In Algiers, Cesar Sarati runs a downmarket boarding house, renting out rooms at extortionate rates to coal haulers.  Sarati is a mean and despicable man who has amorous designs on his niece, Rose.  But Rose has fallen in love with another man, a former gambler named Gilbert, who has sworn to change his ways if she will marry him.  In the end, Sarati loses not only his niece, but also his tenants.  Alone and ruined, he ends up killing himself.
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Film Credits

  • Director: André Hugon
  • Script: Jacques Constant, Jean Vignaud (novel)
  • Cinematographer: André Bayard, Tahar Hanache
  • Music: Jacques Janin, Mahieddine, Vincent Scotto
  • Cast: Harry Baur (César Sarati), George Rigaud (Gilbert de Kéradec), Jacqueline Laurent (Rose), Rika Radifé (Remedios), Marcel Dalio (Benoît), Charles Granval (Jean Hudelot), Jean Tissier (Beppo), Jeanne Helbling (Rosy (Une amie de Berneville)), Nadine Picard (Alice), Yvonne Hébert (Maryse), Pierre de Guingand (Berneville), Kssentini (Ahmed), Louis Eymond (Un ami de Berneville), Anny Arbo
  • Country: France
  • Language: French
  • Support: Black and White
  • Runtime: 102 min
  • Aka: Sarati the Terrible

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