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Aventure Malgache
Aventure malgache
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Written by Jules Franois Clermont (story)
Angus MacPhail[citation needed]
(uncredited)
Starring "Paul Clarus", Paul Bonifas
Music by Benjamin Frankel
Cinematography Gnther Krampf
Distributed by Milestone Films
Release date(s) 1944
Running time 30 minutes
32 minutes (American 1999 DVD)
Country UK
Language French
Aventure Malgache (1944) is a short British propaganda film in
French directed by Alfred Hitchcock for the British
Ministry of Information. The title meansMalagasy Adventure in
English.
There are conflicting reports as to the true inspiration for the
film, lawyer Jules Franois Clermont or actor Claude
Dauphin. Some sources claim the film is based on the real-life
activities of Jules Franois Clermont, who wrote and
starred in the film under the name "Paul Clarus".[1]
In September 2011, The Daily Telegraph published an article
noting that writer and actor Claude Dauphin had collaborated
with Hitchcock to recount his own experiences of
operating an underground radio station in Nazi occupied
France.
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Plot summary
Paul Clarus, a French actor (played by "Paul Clarus") is
chatting with his fellow actors (the "Molire Players") as
they put on their makeup before a performance. He reminisces
about a very unpleasant Vichy official, the Chef de la
Sret, (Paul Bonifas) that he knew when he was part of the
Resistance on the island of Madagascar during the
Second World War. The events on Madagascar are shown in
flashback.
Paul Clarus pretended to be loyal to the Vichy official, while
he simultaneously worked as the head of the Resistance
movement. He ran an illegal pro-Resistance radio station
"Madagascar Libre", and helped arrange numerous boats to
take loyal Frenchmen out of the island to safety. Finally when
the Vichy government falls, we see that the Vichy
official is nothing but a turncoat; in his office he rapidly
replaces a portrait of Marshal Philippe Ptain with a portrait
of Queen Victoria, and he changes his bottle of Vichy water for
bottles of Scotch and soda water.
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Cast
Paul Bonifas as Michel - Chef de la Sret (Leader of the
Sret)
Paul Clarus as Himself
Jean Dattas as Man behind Michel, reading a telegram
Andre Frere as Pierre
Guy Le Feuvre as General
Paulette Preney as Yvonne
Home media
Milestone Films has releasedAventure Malgache, paired with other
1944 French language Hitchcock short filmBon
Voyage, on DVD and VHS.[2]
References
External links
Aventure malgache (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036621/) at the
Internet Movie Database
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