Marie-Octobre

Marie-Octobre
Directed by	Julien Duvivier
Written by	Julien Duvivier Jacques Robert (screenplay & novel) Henri Jeanson (dialogue)
Produced by
Starring	Danielle Darrieux
Cinematography	Robert Lefebvre
Edited by
Music by	Jean Yatove
Release date	24 April 1959 (1959-04-24) (France)
Running time	90 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

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]

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.

Cast[]

• Danielle Darrieux as Marie-Helene Dumoulin
• Bernard Blier as Julien Simoneau, a lawyer
• Robert Dalban as Leon Blanchet, a locksmith
• Paul Frankeur as Lucien Marinval, a sales agent in Les Halles
• Daniel Ivernel as Robert Thibaud, a doctor
• Paul Meurisse as Francois Renaud-Picart, an industrialist
• Serge Reggiani as Antoine Rougier, a printer
• Jeanne Fusier-Gir as Victorine, governess
• Paul Guers as Père Yves Le Guen, a priest
• Noel Roquevert as Etienne Vandamme, a tax inspector
• Lino Ventura as Carlo Bernardi, a night club owner

Around the film[]

• On a very similar plot line, British filmmaker Michael McCarthy directed in 1957 The Traitor, also shown in the US with the title The Accursed, starring Donald Wolfit, Anton Diffring and Christopher Lee.

References[]

External links[]

• Marie-Octobre at IMDb
• Marie-Octobre at AllMovie

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