Desc: L'appel du sang: Directed by Louis Mercanton. With Ivor Novello, Phyllis Neilson-Terry, Desdemona Mazza, Gabriel de Gravone. Wealthy English lady, Hermione, travels from Rome to Sicily with her lover, Maurice, where the latter becomes infatuated with Maddalena, a fisherman's daughter. After Maurice seduces her, he is killed by Maddalena's father, Salvatore.