Movie · 2008
Female Agents
“In the shadow of war, heroines write history.”
Released 8 February 2008 117 min War / History More from 2008 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗
May 1944, a group of French servicewomen and resistance fighters are enlisted into the British Special Operations Executive commando group under the command of Louise Desfontaines and her brother Pierre. Their mission, to rescue a British army geologist caught reconnoitering the beaches at Normandy.
FR·01
How old were they?
Robin Renucci
as Melchior
Sophie Marceau
as Louise Desfontaines
Xavier Beauvois
as Claude Granville
Julien Boisselier
as Pierre Desfontaines
Moritz Bleibtreu
as Karl Heinrich
Jan Oliver Schroeder
as Garde entrée hôpital
Julie Depardieu
as Jeanne Faussier
Marie Gillain
as Suzy Desprez
Maya Sansa
as Maria Luzzato
Volker Bruch
as Lieutenant Becker
Vincent Rottiers
as Eddy
Déborah François
as Gaëlle Lemenech
David Capelle
as Bernard
Natasha Cashman
as Secrétaire Buckmaster
David Van Severen
as Caporal Pioche
Serge Onteniente
as Concierge hôtel Régent
FR·02
The numbers
31years between the oldest and youngest billed
51Robin Renucci — oldest on the call sheet
20Déborah François — youngest billed
34average age of the credited cast