Female Agents

Les Femmes de l'ombre

2008·117'

Jean-Paul Salomé

HistoryWar

★ 6.6

Letterboxd TMDB #8266

In the shadow of war, heroines write history.

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.

Cast

Sophie Marceau Louise Desfontaines

Julie Depardieu Jeanne Faussier

Marie Gillain Suzy Desprez

Déborah François Gaëlle Lemenech

Moritz Bleibtreu Karl Heinrich

Julien Boisselier Pierre Desfontaines

Maya Sansa Maria Luzzato

Vincent Rottiers Eddy

Volker Bruch Lieutenant Becker

David Capelle Bernard

Natasha Cashman Secrétaire Buckmaster

Jan Oliver Schroeder Garde entrée hôpital