Aventure Malgache (1944)
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.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
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Paul Bonifas as Michel |
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Paul Clarus as Paul Clarus |
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Jean Dattas as Man behind Michel |
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Andre Frere as Pierre |
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Guy Le Feuvre as General |
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Paulette Preney as Yvonne |
| Directing | Alfred Hitchcock | Director |
| Camera | Günther Krampf | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Jules Francois Clermont | Story |
| Writing | Angus MacPhail | Writer |
| Sound | Benjamin Frankel | Original Music Composer |
| Art | J. Charles Gilbert | Art Direction |
