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.
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- January 1, 1944
- Original language
- English
- Spoken languages
- French
- Countries
- France, United Kingdom
- Production
- Phoenix,Ministry of Information
- Director
- Alfred Hitchcock
- Cinematography
- Günther Krampf
- Music
- Benjamin Frankel
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- IMDb
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