Marie-Octobre

Marie-Octobre

95 mins | Drama, Mystery | April 24, 1959

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.

Marie-Octobre

95 mins | Drama, Mystery | April 24, 1959

Marie-Octobre
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.
IMDb rating 7.5
Producers Abbey Films
Original title Marie-Octobre
Directors Denise Morlot, Julien Duvivier
Writers Henri Jeanson, Julien Duvivier, Jacques Robert

Cast

Danielle Darrieux

as Marie-Hélène Dumoulin

Paul Meurisse

as François Renaud-Picart

Bernard Blier

as Julien Simoneau

Noël Roquevert

as Étienne Vandamme

Lino Ventura

as Carlo Bernardi

Robert Dalban

as Léon Blanchet

Paul Frankeur

as Lucien Marinval

Serge Reggiani

as Antoine Rougier

Jeanne Fusier-Gir

as Victorine

Paul Guers

as Abbé Yves Le Guen

Daniel Ivernel

as Robert Thibaud