The Southern Trail

The story

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.

Cast & crew

Ketti GallianHélène Marchand

Albert PréjeanLieutenant Naud

Pierre RenoirStolberg

Jean-Louis BarraultOlcott

René LefèvreL'instituteur Saillant

André FouchéSous-lieutenant Beaumont

Arthur DevèreGingembre

Jacques BaumerGomez

Jean BrochardAdjudant Soulier

Geymond VitalBraun

Jean Témerson

Jean TémersonChailloux

Charles LemontierLe sergent Horn