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Aventure Malgache (1944)

Aventure Malgache (1944)

Drama War
Release Date: 1944, January 1
Directors: Alfred Hitchcock
Countries: United Kingdom
Production: Phoenix, Phoenix, Ministry of Information, Ministry of Information
Cast: Paul Bonifas, Guy Le Feuvre, Paul Clarus, Jean Dattas, Andre Frere, Paulette Preney

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.

Keywords:

resistance