The Decoy (1935 film) explained

The Decoy or A Mirror for Skylarks (French: Le miroir aux alouettes) is a 1935 adventure film directed by Roger Le Bon and Hans Steinhoff and starring Edwige Feuillère, Pierre Brasseur and Jessie Vihrog.^[1]

It was the French-language remake of the 1934 film Decoy. The film was produced by the German company UFA in partnership with its French subsidiary ACE. The French title is a reference to a classic device used as a decoy.

Cast

• Edwige Feuillère as Délia
• Pierre Brasseur as Jean Forestier
• Jessie Vihrog as Jenny
• Lucien Dayle as H. Forestier
• Pierre Labry as Le commandant
• Daniel Mendaille as Le premier officier
• Bill Bocket as Le deuxième officier
• Jeanne Fusier-Gir as La passagère
• Henri Mairet as Le passager
• Raymond Aimos as Dimitri
• Max Maxudian as Le Persan
  • Germaine Godefroid Roger Karl as L'armateur Dekalf
  • Edouard Hamel Henri Bosc as Makarian
• Henry Bonvallet

Bibliography

• Rentschler, Eric. The Ministry of Illusion: Nazi Cinema and Its Afterlife. Harvard University Press, 1996.

Notes and References

1. Rentschler p.289