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Female Agents (Les Femmes de l'ombre)

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Les Femmes de l'ombre
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Cinema poster
Country Error creating thumbnail: File missing France
Directed by Jean-Paul Salomé
Release Date 2008
Language French
Studio Les Chauves-Souris
Main Cast
Character Actor
Louise Desfontaines Sophie Marceau
Jeanne Faussier Julie Depardieu
Suzy Desprez Marie Gillain
Gaëlle Lemenech Déborah François
Karl Heindrich Moritz Bleibtreu
Maria Luzzato Maya Sansa
Pierre Desfontaines Julien Boisselier
Eddy Vincent Rottiers
Lieutenant Becker Volker Bruch
Melchior Robin Renucci


Female Agents (original: Les Femmes de l'ombre) is a 2008 French film about female resistance fighters in the Second World War. In 1944, a member of the French Resistance, Louise Desfontaines (Sophie Marceau) flees to London after her husband's summary execution. She is recruited by the Special Operations Executive (SOE). Maurice Buckmaster (Colin David Reese), a British agent, to give her a special assignment - a English scientist (Conrad Cecil) working with weapons research has been captured by Axis forces and is being held in a French hospital. Louise is ordered to put together a team of female and assist maquisards led by her brother Pierre (Julien Boisselier) to find the scientist and smuggle him to safety before he can be forced to tell Nazi intelligence what he knows. Louise's band of heroines includes Gaelle Lemenech (Déborah François), who knows about demolition; Jeanne Faussier (Julie Depardieu), a streetwalker more interested in her own survival than the future of France; Suzy Desprez (Marie Gillain), a nightclub entertainer who was romantically involved with a German officer and Maria Luzzato (Maya Sansa), a Jewish Italian radio operator and and the final member of the team. The women parachute into Normandy and mission begins well, but there are soon complications. Their SOE bosses give the women a new, almost suicidal objective: they must move on to Paris to eliminate Colonel Heindrich (Moritz Bleibtreu), the head of Nazi counter-intelligence, who has gleaned too much information about the Landings. Female Agents was inspired by the true story of Lise Villameur, who served with French resistance forces during the Second World War.



The following weapons were used in the film Female Agents (Les Femmes de l'ombre):


Handguns

FN Model 1900

Louise Desfontaines (Sophie Marceau) had used in the movie a FN Model 1900 pistol, as also Gaëlle Lemenech (Déborah François).

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FN Model 1900, .32 ACP
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The suppressor is, contrary to its appearance, mounted correctly. The Model 1900's barrel is on the bottom of the slide, rather than the top like most handguns.
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MAB Model D

Louise Desfontaines (Sophie Marceau) opens the door with a MAB Model D in her hand.

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MAB Model D Type I - .32 ACP
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Browning Hi-Power

Pierre Desfontaines (Julien Boisselier) uses a Browning HP pistol.

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Browning Hi Power with "Beer Can" adjustable sights - 9x19mm
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Colt M1911A1 pistol

Jeanne Faussier (Julie Depardieu) and Eddy (Vincent Rottiers) uses a M1911A1 pistol.

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War time issued (WWII) Colt M1911A1 Pistol - .45 acp
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Beretta M1934

Suzy Deprez (Marie Gillain) and Louise Desfontaines (Sophie Marceau) use a Beretta M1934 pistol.‎

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Beretta M1934
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Unique Bcf-66

Louise Desfontaines (Sophie Marceau) in action at the station pulls a suppressed Unique Bcf-66 pistol. This gun in WWII is anachronistic.

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Unique Bcf-66 - .380 ACP
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Colt Model 1903/1908

Maria Luzzato (Maya Sansa) is armed with a Colt Model 1903/1908 pistol. This weapon is seen in Jeanne Faussier´s (Julie Depardieu) hand.

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Colt Model 1903 Pocket Hammerless Pistol Blued - .32 ACP
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FN Model 1910

In a secret hideout of weapons maquisards was except M1911A1 also FN Model 1910 pistols and a Smith & Wesson Victory Model‎‎ revolvers.

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FN Model 1910 with wood grips - .380 ACP
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Col. Heindrich (Moritz Bleibtreu) views a weapons discovered by the Gestapo.

Smith & Wesson Victory Model

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Smith & Wesson Victory Model‎‎
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Luger P08

German NCO holds a Luger P08 pistol during a firefight with the maquisards.

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Luger P08 pistol - 9x19mm Parabellum
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Walther PP pistol

Standartenführer SS Karl Heindrich (Moritz Bleibtreu) wears a Walther PP pistol.

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Walther PP
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Walther P38

Lieutenant Becker (Volker Bruch) can be seen with a Walther P38 pistol.

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Walther P38 pistol (manufactured at the Mauser Factory) - World War II dated - 9x19mm
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Submachine guns

Sten Mk II

Louise Desfontaines (Sophie Marceau), her brother Pierre (Julien Boisselier), and other maquisards used a Sten Mk II submachine guns.

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Sten Mk II Submachine gun - 9x19mm

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Eddy (Vincent Rottiers) with a machine gun in hand, leads the captured German soldier.

MP40

German MP40 submachine gun was used by a German soldiers and also members of the resistance.

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MP40
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Jeanne Faussier (Julie Depardieu) downs a "Boche" (German) with an German submachine gun.‎
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SS man from escort was armed with a submachine gun.‎
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German military police patrol with MP40 submachine guns on the chest.

Rifles

Short Magazine Lee-Enfield (SMLE)

Louise Desfontaines (Sophie Marceau) uses a Short Magazine Lee-Enfield (SMLE) rifle to cover her husband at the station.

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Lee-Enfield No. 4 MK 1 .303 British
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View from the side.
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The distinctive front sight of the No. 4 can be seen in this screenshot.

MAS-36 Sporterized

For the action in the subway Louise Desfontaines (Sophie Marceau) uses a suppressed Sporterized MAS-36 rifle with a scope.

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Sporterized MAS-36 - 7.5x54mm French

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Louise and Melchior (Robin Renucci) inspect a "sporterized" MAS-36 sniper rifle.
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Louise in the "subway-action" with her sniper rifle.

Karabiner 98k

The German soldiers can be seen with a Karabiner 98k rifles.

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Karabiner 98k - German manufacture 1937 date - 7.92x57mm Mauser
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Machine guns

MG34

Soldier in a sidecar is armed with MG34 machine gun.

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MG34
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German soldiers with a MG34 machine gun in a sidecar.‎