Wolves Between Them Explained

Wolves Between Them (French: Les loups entre eux) is a 1936 French spy thriller film directed by Léon Mathot and starring Roger Duchesne, Jules Berry and Renée Saint-Cyr.^{[1] [2]} The film's sets were designed by the art director Jacques Colombier. It is a sequel to the 1935 film Second Bureau. Two further entries in the series A Man to Kill (1937) and Captain Benoît (1938) were released. The film was remade as the 1939 British release Secret Journey.

Synopsis

A design for a new French gas mask has been stolen from Paris by a German spy. Captain Benoît of the Deuxième Bureau is sent to Nazi-ruled Berlin to try and recover it.

Cast

• Roger Duchesne as Le capitaine Benoît
• Jules Berry as Le commissaire Raucourt
• Renée Saint-Cyr as Nicole Servigne
• Suzanne Desprès as Gertrude Weygelmann
• Pierre Renoir as Gottfried Welter
• Gina Manès as Gina
• Laure Diana as Natacha
• Foun-Sen as La domestique de Benoît
• Jean Debucourt as Le lieutenant von Brenner
• Pierre Finaly as Le juge d'instruction
• Marcel Vallée as Le directeur de la prison
• Arthur Devère as Le garçon du Vaterland
• Pierre Magnier as Le colonel Guéraud
• Bernard Lancret as Max von Raugwitz
• Camille Bert as Weygelmann
• Georges Prieur as Le général von Raugwitz
• Robert Ralphy as L'avocat de Brenner

References

1. Bessy & Chirat p.138
2. Crisp p.322

Bibliography

• Bessy, Maurice & Chirat, Raymond. Histoire du cinéma français: 1935-1939. Pygmalion, 1986.
• Crisp, Colin. Genre, Myth and Convention in the French Cinema, 1929-1939. Indiana University Press, 2002.
• Rège, Philippe. Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1. Scarecrow Press, 2009.