Sisters in Arms (1937 film)

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Sisters in Arms
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Directed by Léon Poirier
Written byLéon Poirier
Antoine Redier
Produced byLéon Poirier
Starring Jeanne Sully
Josette Day
Thomy Bourdelle
Cinematography Georges Million
Edited by Jacques Grassi
Music by Claude Delvincourt
Production
company
Societé Artistique Commerciale et Industrielle
Distributed byComptoir Français du Film Documentaire
Release date
  • 2 December 1937 (1937-12-02)
Running time
125 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

Sisters in Arms (French: Soeurs d'armes) is a 1937 French spy drama film directed by Léon Poirier and starring Jeanne Sully, Josette Day and Thomy Bourdelle. [1] [2] The film's sets were designed by the art directors Raymond Druart and Hugues Laurent.

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Synopsis

During the First World War Louise de Bettignies and Léonie Vanhoutte form an underground intelligence operation in German-occupied Belgium and Northern France in conjunction with British military intelligence.

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References

  1. Drazin p.185
  2. Welch p.162

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