100 minutes
9/7/1938
As Hélène is conveying her husband's body across the Sahara, her convoy is attacked by looters. The young widow survives only to be taken to a remote desert village called Tirzit amidst a band of lonely, ailing men. She meets her husband's partner who tries to kill her. Hélène does not report him to the police but is curious to learn the reasons for his action. Before dying of a terrible fever, the man confesses that he murdered her husband.
Ketti Gallian
as Hélène Marchand
Albert Préjean
as Lieutenant Naud
Pierre Renoir
as Stolberg
Jean-Louis Barrault
as Olcott
René Lefèvre
as L'instituteur Saillant
André Fouché
as Sous-lieutenant Beaumont
Arthur Devère
as Gingembre
Jacques Baumer
as Gomez
Jean Brochard
as Adjudant Soulier
Geymond Vital
as Braun
Jean Témerson
as Chailloux
Charles Lemontier
as Le sergent Horn
Marcel Melrac
as Doholu
A.S. Takal
as Ali
Jany Holt
as (uncredited)
Rodolphe Marcilly
as (uncredited)