Marie-Octobre

Marie-Octobre

7.3IMDb Score
Released:1959-04-24
Duration:95 min
Country:France
Director:Julien Duvivier
Actors:Danielle Darrieux, Paul Meurisse, Bernard Blier, Noël Roquevert, Lino Ventura
Production:Abbey Films, Orex Films

Overview:

A group of ex-resistance fighters are brought together by Marie-Octobre, the code name of Marie-Helene Dumoulin. 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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