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Documents secrets (1945)

Documents secrets poster
Directed by
Léo Joannon
Genre
spy film
Country
France
Runtime
1h 40m
Rating
9.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A spy gets caught up in a dangerous game of secrets and betrayal during World War II. The story follows the delivery of classified documents through occupied France.

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What happens

Secret Documents (French: Documents secrets) is a 1945 French spy thriller film directed by Léo Joannon and starring Marie Déa, Raymond Rouleau and Hugo Haas. It was shot in 1940 during the Phoney War but was halted by the German invasion and its release delayed until after the Liberation. The film's sets were designed by the art director Émile Duquesne. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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