Movie
Female Agents
Overview
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.
Details
- Release date
- 2008-02-08
- Runtime
- 117 min
- Genres
- War, History
- Status
- Released
- Production
- La Chauve Souris, Restons Groupés Production, TF1 International, TF1 Films Production
- Country
- France
- Original language
- FR
Cast
- Sophie Marceau as Louise Desfontaines
- Julie Depardieu as Jeanne Faussier
- Marie Gillain as Suzy Desprez
- Déborah François as Gaëlle Lemenech
- Moritz Bleibtreu as Karl Heinrich
- Julien Boisselier as Pierre Desfontaines
- Maya Sansa as Maria Luzzato
- Vincent Rottiers as Eddy
- Volker Bruch as Lieutenant Becker
- David Capelle as Bernard
- Natasha Cashman as Secrétaire Buckmaster
- Jan Oliver Schroeder as Garde entrée hôpital
Crew
- Jean-Paul Salomé - Director
- Jean-Paul Salomé - Screenplay
- Laurent Vachaud - Screenplay
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