Aventure Malgache (1944)
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.
- Date of release
- 1944-01-01
- TMDB
- 5.3 / 10 (61)
- Runtime
- 31m
- Genres
- War, Drama
- Director
- Alfred Hitchcock
Casting
- Paul Bonifas — Michel
- Paul Clarus — Paul Clarus
- Jean Dattas — Man behind Michel
- Andre Frere — Pierre
- Guy Le Feuvre — General
- Paulette Preney — Yvonne
Interesting facts
Aventure Malgache is a 1944 British short propaganda film in French directed by Alfred Hitchcock for the British Ministry of Information. The title means Malagasy Adventure in English.
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