Aventure Malgache

Aventure Malgache — Plot

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.

• Release date
• January 1, 1944
• Runtime
• 31 min
• Genres
• War, Drama
• Director
• Alfred Hitchcock

Aventure Malgache — Cast

Paul Bonifas Michel

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Paul Clarus Paul Clarus

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Jean Dattas Man behind Michel

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Andre Frere Pierre

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Guy Le Feuvre General

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Paulette Preney Yvonne