Aventure Malgache
5.3
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.
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Alfred Hitchcock Director · Angus MacPhail Writer Jules Francois Clermont Story
United States release January 1, 1944 · Produced in United Kingdom · Production Ministry of Information
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Phoenix
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Ministry of Information
Production
United Kingdom
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
French
Release dates
United States · January 1, 1944
Theatrical
United States · February 8, 1995
Physical · LaserDisc
Greece
May 15, 1952 · Theatrical
Portugal
June 1, 1944 · Theatrical · Vila do Conde Short Film Festival
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