Two tales of espionage, suspense and murder by the master of suspense himself. Bon voyage 1944 the alfred hitchcock wiki the hitchcock zone. Bon voyage film tv del 2006 diretto da oliver brown. Bon voyage, a french phrase borrowed into english, usually translated as have a nice trip. They use contacts in the french resistance to make their way home. Regardez hitchcock 1 bon voyage film 1944 court metrage ww2 vf kirivalse sur dailymotion. At the peak of his career, alfred hitchcock, renown for his british and hollywoodmade suspense cinema, diverged from his usual formula to make two french language adventure movies designed as world war ii propaganda films. Bon voyage turned out to be more an alfred hitchcock film than an official propaganda piece. Hitchcock 1 bon voyage film 1944 court metrage ww2 vf video. Legendary english film directorproducer alfred hitchcock, popularly called master of suspense, and counted among most influential directors in the history of cinema, commenced his journey in british film industry as art director and title designer. Alfred hitchcock was the most wellknown director to the general public, by virtue of both his many thrillers and his appearances on television in his own series from the mid50s through the.
A french language wwii propaganda film by alfred hitchcock. They labeled them inflammatory, shelved them and tried to. It also provides isabelle adjani with one of the best roles of her career, as a movie. A tense scene from the final moments of bon voyage. Bon voyage and aventure malgache are taut, absorbing dramas of wartime espionage and murder, made in 1944 to aid the war effort. Images alfred hitchcocks wwii french films and the.
A young scottish raf gunner is debriefed by french officials about his escape from occupied territory, and in particular one person who may or may not have been a german agent. Dec 16, 2018 alfred hitchcock bon voyage 1944 cinematheia. Bon voyage was the first of two frenchlanguage propaganda shorts that alfred. Bon voyage film del 2003 diretto da jeanpaul rappeneau. Bon voyage is a short french language propaganda film made by alfred hitchcock for the british ministry of information.
Bon voyage alfred hitchcock grandebretagne 1944 26 min 16 vf samedi 12 fevrier 2011, 14h15 salle henri langlois 16h10 111 min. But when british government officials saw the films, directed by cinema genius alfred hitchcock. Bon voyage 1944 film, a short propaganda film by alfred hitchcock. Made in 1944, aventure malgache which translates as madagascan adventure and bon voyage remained virtually unseen until a 50th anniversary rerelease and subsequent. Hitchcocks bon voyage, made for the french resistance, is a convoluted tale of a british pilots escape from a fascist prison camp in france. Bon voyage bon voyage, alfred hitchcock, short film. It will be of special interest to fans of the great director, but it is also an interesting, exciting story that is worthwhile in its own right. Sep 8, 2018 this pin was discovered by shiela elder. Now, more than 50 years later, hitchcock fans can rediscover these lost classics. Considerably more successful as pure entertainment than its companion aventure malgache, bon voyage is an expertly.
Jamespcs rating of the film bon voyage jamespc propaganda it may be, hitchcock still makes a damn good suspense story out of 25 minutes, a handful of soso actors and very limited sets. It was too ambiguous, the french thought, and they refused to show it. Il film in italia ha avuto una distribuzione in videocassetta in lingua originale con i sottotitoli abbinato al film omologo aventure malgache. Film time out says in 1944 hitchcock made two british shorts bon voyage and aventure malgache for the ministry of information. Bon voyage film del 1958 diretto da cesar gallardo. Bon voyage 1944 is a short french language propaganda film made by alfred hitchcock for the british ministry of information. The holocaust documentary hitchcock was almost too.
In the superior bon voyage, hitchcock goes into high gear, showing us the thrilling escape of a british flyer from a pow camp, and his subsequent fall into a snare of nazi treachery. A reasonably clever little propaganda film that works as a solid mini thriller. The end of the film bon voyage alfred hitchcock uk, 1944. Bon voyage was the first of two frenchlanguage propaganda shorts that alfred hitchcock made in 1944 for the ministry of information as moraleboosters for the french resistance considerably more successful as pure entertainment than its companion aventure malgache, bon voyage is an expertly constructed suspense thriller that is neatly divided into two distinct halves.
See more ideas about alfred hitchcock, film director and hitchcock film. May 20, 2009 hitchcock 2 bon voyage film 1944 court metrage ww2 vf. Bon voyage s is a film directed by alfred hitchcock with john blythe. Bon voyage cortometraggio del 1944 diretto da alfred hitchcock. Bon voyage 1944 locations the alfred hitchcock wiki. Bon voyage is a short, frenchlanguage film, one of two such features that alfred hitchcock made during world war ii as a tribute to the french resistance. While alfred hitchcock made several wellknown wartime films with intrigue and ambiguous love themes at their core saboteur, notorious, he also made a pair of.
All hitchcock films appear in our big meta collection, 1,150 free movies online. But finally, in 1993, aventure malgache and bon voyage reached art house screens as part of a touring hitchcock series, made possible by the british film institute, under the sponsorship of piperheidsieck champagne wood 54. The film does a slight rashomon type thing, telling us this story, then providing us with a different perspective, filling in the gaps in the story. Tcc timeless classics now in color 195,015 views 58.
Lifeboat 1944 eureka entertainment bluray, uk, 2012. The film follows a young raf pilot, stranded in france after escaping a pow camp with a polish prisoner. The nazi occupation of france may seem like a strange backdrop for an adventure comedy, but consider how casablanca found humor, irony and courage in a related situation. The hitchcockian elements are there the innocent man unwittingly caught up in events beyond his control, doubleagents, and plenty of suspense. Images from the hitchcock gallery click to view larger.
Bon voyage was the first of two frenchlanguage propaganda shorts that alfred hitchcock made in 1944 for the ministry of information as moraleboosters for the french resistance. Not that bon voyage is casablanca, but it proceeds from the same cynicism, and unites the worlds of politics, science and the movies. Although there is a jarring disconnect in the performance styles, the film itself never waivers from its period roots. Quite frankly, neither is particularly good if compared with hitchcocks artisticcommercial films, including those, like. Bon voyage free a french language wwii propaganda film by alfred hitchcock. Fans of the great tv series alfred hitchcock presents will especially like these two short french films, which directly led to the tv series format. For further relevant information about this film, see also. His directorial debut happened with the british silent film the pleasure garden 1925. In hollywood equivalence, bon voyage would star greta garbo and tom hanks. Hitchcock suspense short made as french resistance propaganda. Its pretty twisty for its 30 theendofthefilm posted this. Made in 1944 to aid the war effort, they were considered inflammatory by the british government and locked away to be forgotten.
Bon voyage c es una pelicula dirigida por alfred hitchcock con john blythe. But if the film is looked at in more detail, its educational value becomes altogether more. Full length, classic feature film full westerns duration. Bon voyage, a 1958 filipino film starring fernando poe jr. Lespressione francese bon voyage, che significa buon viaggio, puo riferirsi a. Terror by night full movie basil rathbone nigel bruce tcc ai color duration.