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.
Top Cast
Paul Bonifas as Michel
Paul Clarus as Paul Clarus
Jean Dattas as Man behind Michel
Andre Frere as Pierre
Guy Le Feuvre as General
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