Mahlia the Mestiza explained

Mahlia the Mestiza (French: Mahlia la métisse) is a 1943 French drama film directed by Walter Kapps and starring Käthe von Nagy, Jean Servais and Georges Paulais.^[1] The film had a lengthy and troubled production, as it began shooting in 1939 before the outbreak of the Second World War.

Cast

Käthe von Nagy as Mahlia - a mixed race woman adopted by a French couple
Jean Servais as Henri de Roussière - the son of Mahlia's adoptive parents
Georges Paulais as Mahlia's father
Catherine Fonteney as Madame de Roussière - Mahlia's adoptive mother
Pierre Magnier as Le docteur Moreuil (Dr. Moreuil)
Ky Duyen as Sao
Roger Karl as Tchang - a rich and sleezy man who covets Mahlia
- - - - Brigitte Bargès Jacques Baumer Pierre Labry Philina Loquez France Mooréa Olga Pauletti Georges Péclet Janine Viénot

Hans-Michael Bock and Tim Bergfelder. The Concise Cinegraph: An Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books.