''Children of Mata Hari'' (french: La Peau de Torpedo, it, Dossier 212 - destinazione morte, german: Der Mann mit der Torpedohaut, also known as ''Pill of Death'' and ''The Deathmakers'') is a 1970 international co-production

crime film Crime films, in the broadest sense, is a film genre inspired by and analogous to the crime fiction literary genre. Films of this genre generally involve various aspects of crime and its detection. Stylistically, the genre may overlap and combine ...

directed by

Jean Delannoy Jean Delannoy (12 January 1908 – 18 June 2008) was a French actor, film editor, screenwriter and film director. Biography Although Delannoy was born in a Paris suburb, his family was from Haute-Normandie in the north of France. He was a P ...

and starring

Klaus Kinski Klaus Kinski (, born Klaus Günter Karl Nakszynski 18 October 1926 – 23 November 1991) was a German actor, equally renowned for his intense performance style and notorious for his volatile personality. He appeared in over 130 film roles in a c ...

Cast

* Stéphane Audran as Dominique *

as Pavel Richko / Torpédo I * Lilli Palmer as Helen * Michel Constantin as Coster * Angelo Infanti as Jean / Gianni *

Jean Claudio Jean Claudio (28 March 1927 – 11 January 1992) was a French actor. Biography He began his acting career in the cinema at the age of ten, playing the role of the Tsarevich, son of Tsar Nicolas II in The Imperial Tragedy. In 1938, at t ...

as La Filature *

Frédéric de Pasquale Frédéric de Pasquale (28 March 1931 – 17 December 2001) was a French actor. He appeared in 50 films and television shows between 1960 and 2001. Partial filmography * '' Tourments'' (1954) * ''La Fille aux yeux d'or'' (1961) - Willy (un ...

as Nicolas Baslier * Noëlle Adam as L'amie de Dominique *

Philippe March Philippe is a masculine sometimes feminin given name, cognate to Philip. It may refer to: * Philippe of Belgium (born 1960), King of the Belgians (2013–present) * Philippe (footballer) (born 2000), Brazilian footballer * Prince Philippe, Coun ...

as Le vendeur (as Aimé de March) *

Christine Fabréga Christine Fabréga (8 April 1931 in Paris – 11 June 1988) was a French actress and television personality. Filmography * 1953: ''Le gang des pianos à bretelles'' - un mannequin * 1966: '' Le deuxième souffle'' (directed by Jean-Pierre M ...

as Sylvianne Collet *

Jacques Harden Ancient and noble French family names, Jacques, Jacq, or James are believed to originate from the Middle Ages in the historic northwest Brittany region in France, and have since spread around the world over the centuries. To date, there are over ...

as L'inspecteur de Police de Paris *

Micheline Luccioni Micheline Luccioni (1930–1992) was a French stage, film and television actress.Cowie & Elley p.127 Her son, José Luccioni, is also an actor. Partial filmography * '' Gervaise'' (1956) - Clémence - une blanchisseuse, ouvrière chez Gervaise * ...

as L'employée des postes *

Georges Lycan Georges may refer to: Places *Georges River, New South Wales, Australia *Georges Quay (Dublin) *Georges Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania Other uses *Georges (name) * ''Georges'' (novel), a novel by Alexandre Dumas * "Georges" (song), a 1977 ...

as Torpédo II * Philippine Pascal *

Bernard Musson Bernard Musson (1925–2010) was a French actor. Selected filmography * '' It Happened in Paris'' (1952) * '' The Slave'' (1953) * '' On Trial'' (1954) * ''Flesh and the Woman'' (1954) * ''Bonjour sourire'' (1956) * ''Les Truands'' (1956) * '' ...

as L'inspecteur de Police de Fécamp *

Roger Lumont Roger is a given name, usually masculine, and a surname. The given name is derived from the Old French personal names ' and '. These names are of Germanic origin, derived from the elements ', ''χrōþi'' ("fame", "renown", "honour") and ', ' ( ...

as Le chauffeur routier *

Robert Favart Marc Robert Favart (9 February 1911 – 26 July 2003) was a French actor, married to Jenny Carré, daughter of Albert Carré. Filmography Cinema * 1938: ' (by Jean de Limur) * 1939: ''Angelica'' or ''La rose de sang'' (by Jean Choux) * 194 ...

Catherine Jacobsen Katherine, also spelled Catherine, and other variations are feminine names. They are popular in Christian countries because of their derivation from the name of one of the first Christian saints, Catherine of Alexandria. In the early Christ ...

as La 'boîte aux lettres' *

Henri Gilabert Henri is an Estonian, Finnish, French, German and Luxembourgish form of the masculine given name Henry. People with this given name ; French noblemen :'' See the 'List of rulers named Henry' for Kings of France named Henri.'' * Henri I de Mont ...

Pierre Koulak Pierre is a masculine given name. It is a French form of the name Peter. Pierre originally meant "rock" or "stone" in French (derived from the Greek word πέτρος (''petros'') meaning "stone, rock", via Latin "petra"). It is a translation ...

as Un inspecteur *

Alexandre Klimenko Alexandre may refer to: * Alexandre (given name) * Alexandre (surname) * Alexandre (film) See also * Alexander * Xano (disambiguation) Xano is the name of: * Xano, a Portuguese hypocoristic of the name " Alexandre (disambiguation)" * Idálio ...

Michel Charrel Michel may refer to: * Michel (name), a given name or surname of French origin (and list of people with the name) * Míchel (nickname), a nickname (a list of people with the nickname, mainly Spanish footballers) * Míchel (footballer, born 1963), ...

as Un inspecteur * Gérard Dauzat *

Paul Bisciglia Paul Antoine Alphonse Bisciglia (30 July 1928 – 18 April 2010) was a French film actor. Career Throughout his acting career, Bisciglia appeared in more than one hundred feature films. He made his debut in the 1950 film ''Trois télégram ...

Rita Maiden Rita may refer to: People * Rita (given name) * Rita (Indian singer) (born 1984) * Rita (Israeli singer) (born 1962) * Rita (Japanese singer) * Eliza Humphreys (1850–1938), wrote under the pseudonym Rita Places * Djarrit, also known as Rita ...

as La prostituée * Driss Kettani * Aldo Bastoni

References

External links

* 1970 films 1970s spy thriller films 1970s crime thriller films French spy thriller films French crime thriller films 1970s French-language films Films directed by Jean Delannoy Cold War spy films Films based on French novels Films scored by François de Roubaix 1970s French films {{crime-thriller-film-stub