(Aventure Malgache)

Content: 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.

Countries:

United Kingdom

Genres:

War,

Drama

Runtime:

31 minutes

Year:

1944

Directors:

Alfred Hitchcock

Production companies:

Phoenix,

Ministry of Information

Actors:

Michel

Paul Clarus

Man behind Michel

Pierre

General

Crews:

Director

Director of Photography

Story

Writer

Art Direction