- Country: France
- Genres: Drama, Romance
- Release: 1937-10-01
- Director: Marc Allégret
- Writers: Francis de Croisset , Claude-André Puget , Jan Lustig
- Language: French
- Stars: Edwige Feuillère , Pierre Richard-Willm , Jacques Copeau , Jean Debucourt , Jean Wall , Betty Daussmond , Gabrielle Dorziat , William Aguet , René Bergeron , Magdeleine Bérubet
- Runtime: 113 min
- Awards: N/A
- AKA: La dama de Malaca (Spain) , A Dama de Malaca (Brazil) , La dame de Malacca (Germany) , Malakalı Kadın (Turkey) , Mia gynaika, enas thronos (Greece) , La dame de Malacca , Seikkailu Malakassa (Finland) , La dama di Malacca (Italy) , A malakkai nő (Hungary) , La dame de Malacca (France, French Republic) , Damen fra Malacca (Norway) , Woman of Malacca , A Dama de Malaca (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , Dama sa Malake
- Plot: Audrey finds a job of music teacher in a chic school ,run by horrible spinsters where her Mona Lisa smile does not win her colleagues' esteem;a M.O.about to leave for the broader horizons of Malaysia proposes marriage to her;she hesitates ,but her smoking not allowed in the posh school is the straw that breaks the camel's back:soon she is sailing on a luxury liner with a new husband . Audrey has not been on the ship all of five minutes that she meets a prince of Malaysia ,Selim,and it's (almost) love at first sight. In Malaysia,where English "collaborate" with natives ,Audrey ,who threatens to become another exotic Madame Bovary writes an article,much to the macho hubby's displeasure :" you can write about fashion or cooking ,but don't you ever dabble in politics!" Prince Selim confided to her that "although he is a powerful noble,he 's been an outcast all of his life ;when he studied in England,the racist students kept him in the background ,and now he is a solitary man whose burden is too heavy for his shoulders .
- IMDB:tt0028756
Woman of Malacca Cast · · · ALL
Marc Allégret
Director
Edwige Feuillère
Audrey Greenwood
Pierre Richard-Willm
Prince Selim
Betty Daussmond
Lady Muriel Lyndstone
Jacques Copeau
Lord Brandmore
Gabrielle Dorziat
Lady Patricia Brandmore
Jean Debucourt
Sir Eric Temple
Jean Wall
Major Carter
William Aguet
Gérald
René Bergeron
Doctor
Magdeleine Bérubet
Mademoiselle Tramont
Marthe Mellot
Sub-mistress of the Tramont Institute
Charlotte Clasis
Friend of Audrey
Tran-Van
A Malay
Robert Ozanne
Journalist
René Fleur
Journalist
Colette Proust
English lady
Liliane Lesaffre
Lady Johnson
Ky Duyen
Japanese
Foun-Sen
Foun-Sen, maid
Michèle Lahaye
English lady
Alexandre Mihalesco
Sirdae Raman
Bernard Blier
(uncredited)