El Dorado (1921)
In Granada in Spain, Sibilla works as a dancer in a squalid cabaret called El Dorado, struggling to earn enough to care for her sick child. The boy's father Estiria, a prominent citizen, refuses them both help and recognition, fearful of jeopardising the engagement of his adult daughter Iliana to a wealthy nobleman. Iliana however slips away from her engagement party to meet her real lover Hedwick, a Swedish painter. Sibilla, in desperation after a further rejection by Estiria, sees an opportunity to blackmail him by locking the lovers overnight in their meeting-place in the Alhambra.
- Released
- 1921-10-28
- Genres
- Drama
- Runtime
- 98 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Marcel L'Herbier
- TMDB rating
- 6.7/10 from 19 votes
Cast
- Ève Francis as Sibilla
- Jaque Catelain as Hedwick
- Marcelle Pradot as Iliana
- Philippe Hériat as Joao, le bouffon
- Claire Prélia as La comtesse suédoise
- Georges Paulais as Esteria
- Édith Réal as Conception
- Max Dhartigny as Le patron de l'El Dorado
- Émile Saint-Ober as L'aveugle
- Jeanne Bérangère as Flore
- Michel Duran
- Noémi Seize