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Aventure Malgache

Aventure Malgache

19445.30h 31m

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.

Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Written by Jules Francois Clermont, Angus MacPhail
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Top Cast

Paul Bonifas

Paul Bonifas

Michel

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Paul Clarus

Paul Clarus

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Jean Dattas

Man behind Michel

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Andre Frere

Pierre

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Guy Le Feuvre

General

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Paulette Preney

Yvonne

Themes & Keywords

resistance

About Aventure Malgache

Aventure Malgache is a war, drama film released in 1944 exploring themes of resistance. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock, it stars Paul Bonifas, Paul Clarus, Jean Dattas. 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.

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