OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies
– Secret agent OSS 117 foils Nazis, beds local beauties, and brings peace to the Middle East...
Secret agent OSS 117 foils Nazis, beds local beauties, and brings peace to the Middle East.
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Release Date:
09 May 2008
Language:
French, Arabic, German
MPAA Content-Rating:
Not Rated
Director:
Michel Hazanavicius
Writer:
Jean-François Halin (scenario), Jean Bruce (novel), Jean-François Halin (adaptation), Michel Hazanavicius (adaptation)
Main Actors:
Jean Dujardin, François Damiens, Khalid Maadour, Youssef Hamid
Plot:
An homage to classic spy films. It's 1955 and after a fellow agent and close friend disappears, secret agent Hubert Bonisseur de la Bath, a.k.a. OSS 117, is ordered to take his place at the head of a poultry firm in Cairo. This is to be his cover while he is busy investigating, foiling Nazi holdouts, quelling a fundamentalist rebellion, and bedding local beauties.
Awards:
4 wins & 7 nominations.
Gross profit:
$88,822
Production:
Music Box Films
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