Aventure Malgache
Jan 01 1944
•1h 31m
•War, Drama
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.
Cast
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Paul Bonifas
Michel
Paul Clarus
Paul Clarus
Jean Dattas
Man behind Michel
Andre Frere
Pierre
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