Marie-Octobre

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Marie-Octobre
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Directed by Julien Duvivier
Written byJulien Duvivier
Jacques Robert
(screenplay & novel)
Henri Jeanson (dialogue)
Produced by Lucien Viard
Starring Danielle Darrieux
Cinematography Robert Lefebvre
Edited by Marthe Poncin
Music by Jean Yatove
Release date
  • 24 April 1959 (1959-04-24)(France)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

Marie-Octobre is a 1959 French film directed by Julien Duvivier, based on the eponymous novel by Jacques Robert. It is also known as Secret Meeting [1] The film was remade in 2008 by director Josée Dayan, starring Nathalie Baye. [2]

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Plot

A group of ex-resistance fighters are brought together by Marie-Octobre, the code name of Marie-Helene Dumoulin (Danielle Darrieux). The former members of the network have carried on with their lives after the war, but this evening they are going to have to live again a fateful night – the night their leader was killed. He had been betrayed, his name given to the Germans. The search for the traitor puts each personality in the spotlight – and also that of the killed leader, Castille.

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References

  1. "Secret Meeting". unifrance.org. Retrieved 2013-08-01.
  2. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1295003/plotsummary?ref_=tt_ov_pl [ user-generated source ]