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    Aventure Malgache is a 1944 short propaganda film directed by Alfred Hitchcock for the British Ministry of Information. The film is set in German-occupied Madagascar during World War II and depicts Paul Clarus, a French actor who pretends to cooperate with the Vichy official while secretly leading the Resistance movement. As head of the Resistance, Clarus operates an illegal pro-Resistance radio station and helps arrange boats to evacuate loyal French citizens off the island. The film ends by showing the Vichy official as a turncoat who quickly replaces portraits of Pétain with Victoria after the Vichy government falls.

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    Aventure Malgache is a 1944 short propaganda film directed by Alfred Hitchcock for the British Ministry of Information. The film is set in German-occupied Madagascar during World War II and depicts Paul Clarus, a French actor who pretends to cooperate with the Vichy official while secretly leading the Resistance movement. As head of the Resistance, Clarus operates an illegal pro-Resistance radio station and helps arrange boats to evacuate loyal French citizens off the island. The film ends by showing the Vichy official as a turncoat who quickly replaces portraits of Pétain with Victoria after the Vichy government falls.

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    Aventure Malgache is a 1944 short propaganda film directed by Alfred Hitchcock for the British Ministry of Information. The film is set in German-occupied Madagascar during World War II and depicts Paul Clarus, a French actor who pretends to cooperate with the Vichy official while secretly leading the Resistance movement. As head of the Resistance, Clarus operates an illegal pro-Resistance radio station and helps arrange boats to evacuate loyal French citizens off the island. The film ends by showing the Vichy official as a turncoat who quickly replaces portraits of Pétain with Victoria after the Vichy government falls.

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    Aventure Malgache is a 1944 short propaganda film directed by Alfred Hitchcock for the British Ministry of Information. The film is set in German-occupied Madagascar during World War II and depicts Paul Clarus, a French actor who pretends to cooperate with the Vichy official while secretly leading the Resistance movement. As head of the Resistance, Clarus operates an illegal pro-Resistance radio station and helps arrange boats to evacuate loyal French citizens off the island. The film ends by showing the Vichy official as a turncoat who quickly replaces portraits of Pétain with Victoria after the Vichy government falls.

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    Aventure Malgache

    Aventure Malgache
    Aventure malgache
    Directed by Written by Alfred Hitchcock Jules Franois Clermont (story) Angus MacPhail[citation needed] (uncredited) "Paul Clarus", Paul Bonifas Benjamin Frankel

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    Cinematography Gnther Krampf Distributed by Release date(s) Running time Country Language Milestone Films 1944 30 minutes 32 minutes (American 1999 DVD) UK French

    Aventure Malgache (1944) is a short British propaganda film in French directed by Alfred Hitchcock for the British Ministry of Information. The title means Malagasy 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.[]

    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 released Aventure Malgache, paired with other 1944 French language Hitchcock short film Bon 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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    Aventure Malgache Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=553480325 Contributors: Andreas S., Bensin, Clarityfiend, Colonies Chris, Dawkeye, Estrose, Feydey, GCarty, Grstain, Invertzoo, Irishguy, J04n, Jay-W, Khazar, Lockley, Longhair, Lots42, Lugnuts, MarnetteD, MrWaltham, Pegship, Rgrg, Rich Farmbrough, Scanlan, Tjmayerinsf, Varlaam, Zzahos, 9 anonymous edits

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