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{{Infobox Movie|{{PAGENAME}} | |||
|name = Les Femmes de l'ombre | |||
|picture = Female-agents-les-femmes-de-l-ombre-poster-0.jpg | |||
|caption = ''Cinema poster'' | |||
|country = [[Image:FRA.jpg|25px]] France | |||
|director = Jean-Paul Salomé | |||
|date= 2008 | |||
|language = French | |||
|studio= Les Chauves-Souris | |||
|distributor= | |||
|character1=Louise Desfontaines | |||
|actor1=[[Sophie Marceau]] | |||
|character2=Jeanne Faussier | |||
|actor2=[[Julie Depardieu]] | |||
|character3=Suzy Desprez | |||
|actor3=[[Marie Gillain]] | |||
|character4=Gaëlle Lemenech | |||
|actor4=[[Déborah François]] | |||
|character5=Karl Heindrich | |||
|actor5=[[Moritz Bleibtreu]] | |||
|character6=Maria Luzzato | |||
|actor6=[[Maya Sansa]] | |||
|character7=Pierre Desfontaines | |||
|actor7=[[Julien Boisselier]] | |||
|character8=Eddy | |||
|actor8=[[Vincent Rottiers]] | |||
|character9=Lieutenant Becker | |||
|actor9=[[Volker Bruch]] | |||
|character10=Melchior | |||
|actor10=[[Robin Renucci]] | |||
}} | |||
'''Female Agents''' ( | '''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, gives 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 the 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 upcoming landings. ''Female Agents'' was inspired by the true story of Lise Villameur, who served with French resistance forces during the Second World War. | ||
Female Agents was inspired by the true story of Lise Villameur, who served with French resistance forces during the Second World War. | |||
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=Handguns= | =Handguns= | ||
==FN Model 1900== | |||
Louise Desfontaines ([[Sophie Marceau]]) uses an [[FN Model 1900]] pistol, which is also used by Gaëlle Lemenech ([[Déborah François]]). | |||
[[Image:FNM1900.jpg|thumb|none|300px|FN Model 1900, .32 ACP]] | |||
[[Image:Sophie Marceau-FN Model 1900.jpg|none|thumb|601px]] | |||
[[Image:FNM1900-suppresseor.jpg|none|thumb|600px|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.]] | |||
[[Image:DF-FlO-FN1900-1.jpg|none|thumb|600px|]] | |||
[[Image:DF-FlO-FN1900-2.jpg|none|thumb|600px|]] | |||
== MAB Model D == | |||
Louise Desfontaines ([[Sophie Marceau]]) opens a door with a [[MAB Model D]] in her hand. | |||
[[Image:MAB D.jpg|thumb|none|300px|MAB Model D Type I - .32 ACP]] | |||
[[Image:FA-SM-MAB-M-D.jpg|none|thumb|600px|]] | |||
[[Image:FA-SM-FN1910-1.jpg|none|thumb|600px|]] | |||
==Browning Hi-Power== | ==Browning Hi-Power== | ||
Pierre Desfontaines ([[Julien Boisselier]]) uses a [[Browning HP]] pistol. | Pierre Desfontaines ([[Julien Boisselier]]) uses a [[Browning HP]] pistol. | ||
[[Image: | [[Image:HPTaar.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Browning Hi Power with "Beer Can" adjustable sights - 9x19mm]] | ||
[[ | [[Image:FA BrowningHP2.jpg|none|thumb|601px|]] | ||
[[ | [[Image:FA-LF-B-HP-2.jpg|none|thumb|600px|]] | ||
== | ==Colt M1911A1 pistol== | ||
Jeanne Faussier ([[Julie Depardieu]]) and Eddy ([[Vincent Rottiers]]) use a [[M1911A1]] pistol. | |||
[[Image: | [[Image:M1911Colt.jpg|thumb|none|300px|War time issued (WWII) Colt M1911A1 Pistol - .45 acp]] | ||
[[Image: | [[Image:FA-JD-M1911A1-1.jpg|none|thumb|600px|]] | ||
[[Image:Vincent Rottiers-M1911.jpg|none|thumb|600px|]] | |||
== | ==Beretta M1934== | ||
Louise Desfontaines ([[Sophie Marceau]]) | Suzy Deprez ([[Marie Gillain]]) and Louise Desfontaines ([[Sophie Marceau]]) use a [[Beretta M1934]] pistol. | ||
[[Image: | [[Image:Beretta Model 1934 Pistol.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Beretta M1934]] | ||
[[Image: | [[Image:FA-MG-B-M1934.jpg|none|thumb|600px|]] | ||
== | ==Unique Bcf-66== | ||
Louise Desfontaines ([[Sophie Marceau]]) in action at the station pulls a suppressed [[Unique Bcf-66]] pistol. This gun's appearance in a WWII setting in anachronistic. | |||
[[Image: | [[Image:Unique Bcf-66.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Unique Bcf-66 - .380 ACP]] | ||
[[Image:FA-SM-B1934.jpg|none|thumb|600px|]] | |||
[[ | |||
==Colt Model 1903/1908== | ==Colt Model 1903/1908== | ||
Maria Luzzato ([[Maya Sansa]]) | Maria Luzzato ([[Maya Sansa]]) is armed with a [[Colt Model 1903/1908]] pistol. This weapon is also seen in Jeanne Faussier´s ([[Julie Depardieu]]) hand. | ||
[[Image:Colt_Model_1903.jpg|thumb|none| | [[Image:Colt_Model_1903.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Colt Model 1903 Pocket Hammerless Pistol Blued - .32 ACP]] | ||
[[ | [[Image:FA-MS-C-M1903-2.jpg|none|thumb|600px|]] | ||
[[ | [[Image:FA-JD-CM1900.jpg|none|thumb|600px|]] | ||
== FN Model 1910 == | |||
An [[FN Model 1910]] is seen in a weapons cache seized from a maquisard hideout, along with an [M1911A1]] and [[Smith & Wesson Victory Model]] revolvers. | |||
[[Image:Browning 1910.jpg|thumb|none|300px|FN Model 1910 with wood grips - .380 ACP]] | |||
[[Image:FA-R-MAB-M-D.jpg|none|thumb|600px|Col. Heindrich ([[Moritz Bleibtreu]]) views weapons discovered by the ''Gestapo''.]] | |||
== | == Smith & Wesson Victory Model == | ||
[[Image:S&W-Victory-Model.jpg |thumb|none|300px|Smith & Wesson Victory Model]] | |||
[[Image: | [[Image:FA-S&W-Victory-M.jpg|none|thumb|600px|]] | ||
[[ | |||
== | ==Luger P08== | ||
[[Image: | A German NCO holds a [[Luger P08]] pistol during a firefight with the maquisards. | ||
[[ | [[Image:P08Luger1917.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Luger P08 pistol - 9x19mm Parabellum]] | ||
[[Image:FA-G-L-P08.jpg|none|thumb|600px|]] | |||
== | ==Walther PP pistol== | ||
Standartenführer SS Karl Heindrich ([[Moritz Bleibtreu]]) carries a [[Walther PP]] pistol. | |||
[[Image: | [[Image:Walther_PP.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Walther PP]] | ||
[[ | [[Image:FN-MB-W-PP-1.jpg|none|thumb|601px|]] | ||
== | ==Walther P38== | ||
Lieutenant Becker ([[Volker Bruch]]) can be seen with a [[Walther P38]] pistol. | |||
[[ | [[Image:P38Black.jpg |none|thumb|300px|Walther P38 pistol (manufactured at the Mauser Factory) - World War II dated - 9x19mm]] | ||
[[Image:VB-FlO-WP38.jpg|none|thumb|600px|]] | |||
=Submachine guns= | =Submachine guns= | ||
==Sten Mk II== | ==Sten Mk II== | ||
Louise Desfontaines ([[Sophie Marceau]]), her brother Pierre ([[Julien Boisselier]]), and other | Louise Desfontaines ([[Sophie Marceau]]), her brother Pierre ([[Julien Boisselier]]), and other maquisards use a [[Sten Mk II]] submachine guns. | ||
[[Image:Sten.jpg|thumb|none| | [[Image:Sten.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Sten Mk II Submachine gun - 9x19mm]] | ||
[[Image: | [[Image:Sophie Marceau-Sten .jpg|none|thumb|601px|]] | ||
[[Image: | [[Image:Julien Boisselier-Sten.jpg|none|thumb|601px|]] | ||
[[Image:Maquist-sten.jpg|none|thumb|600px|]] | [[Image:Maquist-sten.jpg|none|thumb|600px|Eddy ([[Vincent Rottiers]]), with a machine gun in hand, leads the captured German soldier.]] | ||
==MP40== | ==MP40== | ||
German [[MP40]] submachine guns are used by German soldiers and members of the resistance. | |||
[[Image:MP40Side.jpg |thumb|none|400px|MP40]] | [[Image:MP40Side.jpg |thumb|none|400px|MP40]] | ||
[[ | [[Image:Julie Depardieu-MP40.jpg|none|thumb|601px|Jeanne Faussier (Julie Depardieu) downs a "Boche" (German) with an German submachine gun.]] | ||
[[ | [[Image:Ss-man-MP40.jpg|none|thumb|601px|An SS man part of an escort is armed with a submachine gun.]] | ||
[[Image:German military police with MP40.jpg|thumb|none|601px|German military police patrol with [[MP40]] submachine guns on slings.]] | |||
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=Rifles= | =Rifles= | ||
== | ==Lee-Enfield No. 4 Mk I (T)== | ||
[[Image:Smle4mk1t.jpg|thumb|none| | Louise Desfontaines ([[Sophie Marceau]]) uses a [[Lee-Enfield No. 4 Mk I (T)]] rifle to cover her husband at the station. | ||
[[Image: | [[Image:Smle4mk1t.jpg|thumb|none|450px|Lee-Enfield No. 4 Mk I (T) - .303 British]] | ||
[[Image:SM-FlO-LeeEnfiled.jpg|none|thumb|600px|View from the side.]] | |||
[[Image:FA LeeEnfield.jpg|none|thumb|601px|The distinctive front sight of the No. 4 can be seen in this screenshot.]] | |||
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==MAS-36== | ==MAS-36 Sporterized== | ||
Louise Desfontaines ([[Sophie Marceau]]) uses a [[MAS-36]] | For the action in the subway, Louise Desfontaines ([[Sophie Marceau]]) uses a suppressed [[MAS-36|Sporterized MAS-36 rifle]] with a scope. | ||
[[Image: | [[Image:MAS Sporter.jpg|thumb|none|450px|Sporterized MAS-36 - 7.5x54mm French]] | ||
[[Image:LouiseDesfontaines-MAS-36.jpg|none|thumb| | [[Image:LouiseDesfontaines-MAS-36.jpg|none|thumb|601px|Louise and Melchior ([[Robin Renucci]]) inspect a "sporterized" MAS-36 sniper rifle.]] | ||
[[Image: | [[Image:FA-SM-MAS-36-2.jpg|none|thumb|600px|Louise in the subway shootout with her sniper rifle.]] | ||
== | ==M43 Spanish Mauser== | ||
[[Image: | The German soldiers can be seen with a [[M43 Spanish Mauser]] rifle. | ||
[[Image: | [[Image:Mauser m43.jpg|thumb|none|450px|Spanish Mauser M43 - 7.92x57mm Mauser]] | ||
[[Image:G-FlO-K98k-1.jpg|none|thumb|600px|]] | |||
=Machine guns= | =Machine guns= | ||
==MG34== | ==MG34== | ||
[[Image:Mg-34.jpg|thumb|none| | A German soldier in the sidecar of a motorcycle is armed with an [[MG34]] machine gun. | ||
[[Image: | [[Image:Mg-34.jpg|thumb|none|450px|MG34]] | ||
[[Image:G-FlO-MG34.jpg|none|thumb|600px|]] | |||
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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, gives 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 the 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 upcoming 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) uses an FN Model 1900 pistol, which is also used by Gaëlle Lemenech (Déborah François).
MAB Model D
Louise Desfontaines (Sophie Marceau) opens a door with a MAB Model D in her hand.
Browning Hi-Power
Pierre Desfontaines (Julien Boisselier) uses a Browning HP pistol.
Colt M1911A1 pistol
Jeanne Faussier (Julie Depardieu) and Eddy (Vincent Rottiers) use a M1911A1 pistol.
Beretta M1934
Suzy Deprez (Marie Gillain) and Louise Desfontaines (Sophie Marceau) use a Beretta M1934 pistol.
Unique Bcf-66
Louise Desfontaines (Sophie Marceau) in action at the station pulls a suppressed Unique Bcf-66 pistol. This gun's appearance in a WWII setting in anachronistic.
Colt Model 1903/1908
Maria Luzzato (Maya Sansa) is armed with a Colt Model 1903/1908 pistol. This weapon is also seen in Jeanne Faussier´s (Julie Depardieu) hand.
FN Model 1910
An FN Model 1910 is seen in a weapons cache seized from a maquisard hideout, along with an [M1911A1]] and Smith & Wesson Victory Model revolvers.
Smith & Wesson Victory Model
Luger P08
A German NCO holds a Luger P08 pistol during a firefight with the maquisards.
Walther PP pistol
Standartenführer SS Karl Heindrich (Moritz Bleibtreu) carries a Walther PP pistol.
Walther P38
Lieutenant Becker (Volker Bruch) can be seen with a Walther P38 pistol.
Submachine guns
Sten Mk II
Louise Desfontaines (Sophie Marceau), her brother Pierre (Julien Boisselier), and other maquisards use a Sten Mk II submachine guns.
MP40
German MP40 submachine guns are used by German soldiers and members of the resistance.
Rifles
Lee-Enfield No. 4 Mk I (T)
Louise Desfontaines (Sophie Marceau) uses a Lee-Enfield No. 4 Mk I (T) rifle to cover her husband at the station.
MAS-36 Sporterized
For the action in the subway, Louise Desfontaines (Sophie Marceau) uses a suppressed Sporterized MAS-36 rifle with a scope.
M43 Spanish Mauser
The German soldiers can be seen with a M43 Spanish Mauser rifle.
Machine guns
MG34
A German soldier in the sidecar of a motorcycle is armed with an MG34 machine gun.
