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.
Movie Info
Release Date: 1/1/1944
Runtime: 31 min
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Writers: Angus MacPhail
Top Cast
Paul Bonifas
Michel
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