| Wolves Between Them | |
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| Directed by | Léon Mathot |
| Written by | Charles Robert-Dumas Charles Spaak |
| Based on | Wolves Between Them by Charles Robert-Dumas |
| Produced by | Bob Faure |
| Starring | Roger Duchesne Jules Berry Renée Saint-Cyr |
| Cinematography | René Gaveau Paul Portier |
| Edited by | Jacques Desagneaux |
| Music by | Jean Lenoir |
| Production company | Compagnie Française Cinématographique |
| Distributed by | Compagnie Française de Distribution Cinématographique |
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| Running time | 103 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
Wolves Between Them (French: Les loups entre eux) is a 1936 French spy thriller film directed by Léon Mathot and starring Roger Duchesne, Jules Berry and Renée Saint-Cyr. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jacques Colombier. It is a sequel to the 1935 film Second Bureau. Two further entries in the series A Man to Kill (1937) and Captain Benoît (1938) were released. The film was remade as the 1939 British release Secret Journey.
Synopsis
A design for a new French gas mask 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
- Roger Duchesne as Le capitaine Benoît
- Jules Berry as Le commissaire Raucourt
- Renée Saint-Cyr as Nicole Servigne
- Suzanne Desprès as Gertrude Weygelmann
- Pierre Renoir 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
- Bessy & Chirat p.138
- Crisp p.322
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
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- 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
- Films with screenplays by Charles Spaak
- 1930s French film stubs