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Female Agents (French: Les Femmes de l'ombre) is a 2008 French historical drama film directed by Jean-Paul Salomé and starring Sophie Marceau, Julie Depardieu, Marie Gillain, Déborah François, and Moritz Bleibtreu. Written by Salomé and Laurent Vachaud, the film is about female resistance fighters in the Second World War. Jean-Paul Salomé, the director, drew inspiration from an obituary in The Times newspaper of Lise de Baissac (Lise Villameur), from Mauritius (then a British colony), one of the few recognised heroines of the SOE, named "Louise Desfontaines" in the film and played by Sophie Marceau. The film was partly funded by BBC Films.
Original Release
02/08/2008
US Release
02/08/2008
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Sophie Marceau | Louise Desfontaines |
Julie Depardieu | Jeanne Faussier |
Marie Gillain | Suzy Desprez |
Déborah François | Gaëlle Lemenech |
Moritz Bleibtreu | Karl Heindrich / Karl Heinrich |
Maya Sansa | Maria Luzzato |
Julien Boisselier | Pierre Desfontaines / Pierre Desfontaine |
Vincent Rottiers | Eddy |
Volker Bruch | Lieutenant Becker |
Robin Renucci | Melchior |
Directors
Writers
Jean-Paul Salome, Laurent Vachaud
Cast
Name | Character |
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Sophie Marceau | Louise Desfontaines |
Julie Depardieu | Jeanne Faussier |
Marie Gillain | Suzy Desprez |
Déborah François | Gaëlle Lemenech |
Moritz Bleibtreu | Karl Heindrich / Karl Heinrich |
Maya Sansa | Maria Luzzato |
Julien Boisselier | Pierre Desfontaines / Pierre Desfontaine |
Vincent Rottiers | Eddy |
Volker Bruch | Lieutenant Becker |
Robin Renucci | Melchior |
Xavier Beauvois | Claude Granville |
Colin David Reese | Colonel Maurice Buckmaster / Maurice Buckmaster |
Jurgen Mash | Gerd Von Rundstedt |
Conrad Cecil | Le Géologue anglais |
Alexandre Jazede | René Bourienne |
Wolfgang Pissors | Médecin train |
Chantal Garrigues | Mme Duchemin |
James Gerard | Officier anglais #1 / Officier Anglais 1 |
Edward Hamilton-Clark | Officier anglais #2 / Officier Anglais 2 |
Marc Bertolini | Moustachu train |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Éric Névé | Producer |