Dossier 51
Dossier 51 is a 1978 French crime drama film directed by Michel Deville and based on a novel by Gilles Perrault. Deville and Perrault won a César Award for Best Writing for their adaptation. The film was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1978 Cannes Film Festival.
Plot
An elaborate surveillance operation is mounted by a French intelligence agency on a French diplomat, codenamed 51. While his professional life is not suspect, clandestine investigations into his private life reveal an increasing number of vulnerabilities.
Cast
- Anna Prucnal
- Christophe Malavoy
- Claire Nadeau
- Claude Marcault
- Daniel Mesguich
- Didier Sauvegrain
- François Marthouret
- Françoise Lugagne
- Gérard Dessalles
- Isabelle Ganz
- Jacques Zabor
- Jean Dautremay
- Jean Martin
- Jenny Clève
- László Szabó
- Liliane Gaudet
- Michel Aumont
- Michel Fortin
- Nathalie Juvet
- Patrick Chesnais
- Philippe Rouleau
- Pierre Semmler
- René Bouloc
- Roger Planchon
- Sabine Glaser
- Sacha Pitoëff
- Stéphan Meldegg
- Uta Taeger
More details
author | Gilles Perrault Michel Deville |
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director | Michel Deville |
editor | Raymonde Guyot |
genre | crime drama |
keywords | betray catholic school drive intelligence agency married military service private life survive |
musicBy | Jean Schwarz |
producer | Philippe Dussart |
publisher | Gaumont Film Company |