Release Date: 1936-03-04
Overview: Dedicated to men, natives and French, which under the leadership of General Lyautey, made modern Morocco. After a historical prologue where we see Clemenceau yield to the entreaties of Lyautey, we are witnessing the arrival of settlers on Moroccan soil with the rapid rise of one of them: the ambitious Bourron. Similarly it has conquered the land from scratch, Bourron could conquer a woman, Christiane, who followed him not without confessing his love for another man. It is this love that Bourron will use later to acquire a forest of olive trees, which he believed to be the symbol of its success. Christiane accept but never forgive her husband...
Rating: 6 / 10
Harry Baur
as Bourron
Natalie Paley
as Christiane
Gabriel Signoret
as Le Maréchal Lyautey
Claude Sainval
as Jean de Sainte-Foy
Jean Marais
as Le secrétaire
Marcel L'Herbier - Director
Claude Farrère - Novel
Marcel L'Herbier - Screenplay
Ève Francis - Assistant Director
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