Overview

Backstage before a performance, a French actor recalls his time in Madagascar during World War II, when he secretly ran a Resistance radio station under the watch of a collaborationist police chief. His story unfolds in flashback, revealing espionage, deception, and divided loyalties within the French ranks. Made for Britain’s Ministry of Information, this 1944 French-language propaganda short satirizes Vichy opportunism and wartime hypocrisy, and was shelved for decades before its release in 1993.

Details

Genres

War, Drama

Language

EN

Release Date

1944-01-01

Runtime

31 min

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Cast

Paul Bonifas

Paul Clarus

Jean Dattas

Andre Frere

Guy Le Feuvre

Paulette Preney