Aventure Malgache

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

Cast

Paul Bonifas

Michel

Paul Clarus

Paul Clarus

Jean Dattas

Man behind Michel

Andre Frere

Pierre

Guy Le Feuvre

General

Paulette Preney

Yvonne