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Second Bureau (1935 film)
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Wikipedia article
'Second Bureau' (French: 'Deuxime bureau') is a 1935 French spy romance film directed by Pierre Billon and starring Jean Murat, Vra Korne and Janine Crispin. It is based on the novel 'Second Bureau' by Charles Robert-Dumas. The following year it was remade as a British film by Victor Hanbury.Low382 p. The book was one of a spy series 'Ceux du S. R.' published in France by Librarie Arthme Fayard in 1934.https://www.worldcat.org/title/ceux-du-sr-2e-bureau/oclc/458035009?referer=br&ht=edition The film's sets were designed by the art director Aim Bazin.
Capitaine Benoit of the French secret service manages to steal the plans of Germany's new fighter plane. German intelligence assigns one of their top female agents to recover the stolen designs.
Partial cast
* Jean Murat as Capitaine Benoit
* Vra Korne as L'Espionne Erna Flieder
* Janine Crispin as Dorothee
* Jean-Max as Comte Brusilot
* Pierre Alcover as Weygelmann
* Pierre Magnier as Colonel Guerraud
* Georges Prieur as General Von Raugwitz
* Geno Ferny as L'Aubergiste
* Pierre Larquey as Asjundant Colleret
* Jean Galland as Lieutenant Van Strammer
* Andre Moreau as Nageberger
* Henry Bonvallet as Schaffingen
Critical reception
Writing for 'The Spectator' in 1936, Graham Greene characterized the film as "a rather dull film, [and as] a long packed melodrama". With the exception of the "sinister and satiric" first scene that was described as "brilliant", Greene took the view that on the whole "the film is too thick with drama". Taking issue with the film's genre, Greene suggests that satire and realism would have been more effective in handling the picture's themes. (reprinted in: )
References
Bibliography
*Low, Rachael. 'Filmmaking in 1930s Britain'. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
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