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and Renée Saint-Cyr.Crisp p.322 The film's sets were designed by the

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. It is a sequel to the 1935 film '' Second Bureau''. Two further entries in the series ''

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Synopsis

A design for a new French

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has been stolen from Paris by a German spy. Captain Benoît of the Deuxième Bureau is sent to Nazi-ruled Berlin to try and recover it.

Cast

as Le capitaine Benoît *

as Le commissaire Raucourt * Renée Saint-Cyr as Nicole Servigne *

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as Gertrude Weygelmann *

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as Gottfried Welter * Gina Manès as Gina * Laure Diana as Natacha * Foun-Sen as La domestique de Benoît * Jean Debucourt as Le lieutenant von Brenner * Pierre Finaly as Le juge d'instruction * Marcel Vallée as Le directeur de la prison * Arthur Devère as Le garçon du Vaterland * Pierre Magnier as Le colonel Guéraud * Bernard Lancret as Max von Raugwitz * Camille Bert as Weygelmann * Georges Prieur as Le général von Raugwitz * Robert Ralphy as L'avocat de Brenner

References

Bibliography

* Bessy, Maurice & Chirat, Raymond. ''Histoire du cinéma français: 1935-1939''. Pygmalion, 1986. * Crisp, Colin. ''Genre, Myth and Convention in the French Cinema, 1929-1939''. Indiana University Press, 2002. * Rège, Philippe. ''Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1''. Scarecrow Press, 2009.

External links

* 1936 films French spy films 1930s spy films 1930s thriller films French thriller films 1930s French-language films Films directed by Léon Mathot French black-and-white films 1930s French films Films set in Berlin French sequel films Films scored by Jean Lenoir {{1930s-France-film-stub