Released:
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...

Director:
Marcel L'Herbier

Runtime:
1h 50min

Genre:
Drama

• Cast:
• 
  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