Maldone

{{short description|1928 film}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2020}} {{Infobox film | name = Misdeal | image = Maldone (Charles Dullin) -- movie poster.jpg | caption = French language poster | director = Jean Grémillon | producer = Charles Dullin | writer = Alexandre Arnoux | starring = Charles Dullin Marcelle Dullin Geymond Vital | music = Jacques Brilloin Marcel Delannoy Jean Grémillon | cinematography = Christian Matras Georges Périnal | editing = Emmanuel Nicolas Henriette Pinson | studio =La Société des Films Charles Dullin | distributor = | released = {{Film date|1928|09|14|df=yes}} | runtime = | country = France | language =Silent French intertitles | budget = | gross = }} '''''Misdeal''''' (French: '''''Maldone''''') is a 1928 French silent drama film directed by Jean Grémillon and starring Charles Dullin, Marcelle Dullin and Geymond Vital.<ref>Levine p.190</ref> The film's sets were designed by art director André Barsacq.

==Synopsis== The film tells the story of a wealthy young man flees from his family's estate, and finds employment as a canal worker. He falls in love with a gypsy girl, but when a death in the family requires him to return home and run his estate, he marries a neighbor's daughter. Years later, he becomes obsessed with his old lover after a chance meeting.

==Cast== * Charles Dullin as Olivier Maldone * Marcelle Dullin as Missia, la voyante * Geymond Vital as Marcellin Maldone * André Bacqué as Juste Maldone, l'oncle * George Seroff as Léonard, le serviteur * Annabella as Flora Lévigné * Roger Karl as Lévigné père * Mathilde Alberti as L'épicière * Lucien Arnaud as Le voyageur * Genica Athanasiou as Zita * Edmond Beauchamp as Le gitan * Alexej Bondireff as Le patron de la péniche * Gabrielle Fontan * Isabelle Kloucowski as La gitane * Charles Lavialle as Le facteur * Daniel Lecourtois as Un danseur * Jean Mamy as Un marinier

== References == <references/>

==Bibliography== * Levine, Alison. ''Framing the Nation: Documentary Film in Interwar France''. A&C Black, 2011.

== External links == * {{IMDb title|0019127}}

Category:1928 films Category:French silent feature films Category:1928 drama films Category:1928 French-language films Category:Films directed by Jean Grémillon Category:Films set in France Category:French black-and-white films Category:French silent drama films Category:1928 French films Category:Films scored by Marcel Delannoy Category:French-language drama films