Female Agents
In the shadow of war, heroines write history.
Rating: 6.6 out of 10TMDB(283 votes)
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.
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Filming locations
Filmed in Porte des Lilas - Cinéma
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Setting
Set in Paris
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Music
Music by Bruno Coulais
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Jean-Paul SaloméScreenplay
- Laurent VachaudScreenplay
- Original title
- Les Femmes de l'ombre
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- February 8, 2008
- Original language
- French
- Countries
- France
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In the United States
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Cast
Sophie MarceauLouise Desfontaines
Julie DepardieuJeanne Faussier
Marie GillainSuzy Desprez
Déborah FrançoisGaëlle Lemenech
Moritz BleibtreuKarl Heinrich
Julien BoisselierPierre Desfontaines
Maya SansaMaria Luzzato
Vincent RottiersEddy
Volker BruchLieutenant Becker
David CapelleBernard
Natasha CashmanSecrétaire Buckmaster
Jan Oliver SchroederGarde entrée hôpital
David Van SeverenCaporal Pioche
Robin RenucciMelchior
Xavier BeauvoisClaude Granville- Colin David ReeseColonel Maurice Buckmaster
- Jurgen MashGerd Von Rundstedt
- Conrad CecilLe géologue anglais
- Alexandre JazedeRené Bourienne
Wolfgang PissorsMédecin train
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