Aventure Malgache (1944)

Title: Aventure Malgache
Original Title: Aventure Malgache
Release Date: 1944-01-01
Status: Released
Rating: 5.3/10 (from 55 votes)
Language: EN
Genres: War, Drama
Production Companies: Phoenix, Ministry of Information
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

Paul Bonifas
Michel

Paul Clarus
Paul Clarus

Jean Dattas
Man behind Michel

Andre Frere
Pierre

Guy Le Feuvre
General

Paulette Preney
Yvonne