Female Agents
“In the shadow of war, heroines write history.”
May 1944, a group of French servicewomen and resistance fighters are enlisted into the British Special Operations Executive commando group under the command of Louise Desfontaines and her brother Pierre. Their mission, to rescue a British army geologist caught reconnoitering the beaches at Normandy.
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Cast
46 people
Sophie Marceau
Louise Desfontaines
Known for
Braveheart
The World Is Not Enough
Julie Depardieu
Jeanne Faussier
Known for
The Count of Monte Cristo
Podium
Marie Gillain
Suzy Desprez
Known for
The Little Prince
Coco Before Chanel
Déborah François
Gaëlle Lemenech
Known for
The Paramedic
Populaire
Moritz Bleibtreu
Karl Heinrich
Known for
Run Lola Run
The Experiment
Julien Boisselier
Pierre Desfontaines
Known for
Le Chef
Don't Worry, I'm Fine
Maya Sansa
Maria Luzzato
Known for
Collateral
Good Morning, Night
Vincent Rottiers
Eddy
Known for
Through the Fire
Anthracite
Volker Bruch
Lieutenant Becker
Known for
Generation War
Babylon Berlin
David Capelle
Bernard
Known for
Blind Man
Natasha Cashman
Secrétaire Buckmaster
Known for
Heartbreaker
Blood Machines
Jan Oliver Schroeder
Garde entrée hôpital
Known for
Lucy
Anna
Jean-Paul Salomé Director · Laurent Vachaud Screenplay Bruno Coulais Composer
Worldwide gross $9.3M · Budget $20M · United States release February 8, 2008
Box office
Budget
$19,600,000
Worldwide gross
$9,300,000
Gross vs. budget
0.5×
Production
La Chauve Souris
Production
Restons Groupés Production
Production
TF1 International
Production
TF1 Films Production
Production
StudioCanal
Studio
Banque Populaire Images 7
Production
Banque Populaire Images 8
Production
Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée
Production
CinéCinéma
Production
Cofimage 18
Production
Cofinova 4
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Poste Image
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Région Ile-de-France
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Sofica Valor 7
Production
France
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Original title
Les Femmes de l'ombre
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
English · French · German · Italian
Release dates
United States · February 8, 2008
Theatrical
France · March 5, 2008
Theatrical
France
September 4, 2008 · Physical · DVD & Blu-Ray
March 30, 2016 · Digital · VOD
April 1, 2019 · Digital · Netflix
Germany
January 16, 2009 · Theatrical
Hungary
May 14, 2009 · Theatrical
July 15, 2009 · Physical · DVD
Ireland
June 27, 2008 · Digital
Slovakia
August 28, 2013 · TV · Doma
South Korea
February 14, 2013 · Theatrical · 2012-F984
Sweden
October 20, 2008 · Theatrical
Switzerland
March 5, 2008 · Digital
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