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Female Agents
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.
2008 · Directed by Jean-Paul Salomé · 117 min · War · History · 10 frames
Tagline
In the shadow of war, heroines write history.
Crew
- Screenplay: Jean-Paul Salomé, Laurent Vachaud
- Cinematography: Pascal Ridao
- Edited by: Marie-Pierre Renaud
- Music: Bruno Coulais
- Production design: Françoise Dupertuis
- Produced by: Éric Névé
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
Production
- Country: France
- Language: English, French, Italian, German
- Studios: La Chauve Souris, Restons Groupés Production, TF1 International, TF1 Films Production
- Themes: london, england, loss of loved one, resistance, world war ii, normandy, france, d-day, commando, 1940s
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