Second Bureau

Second Bureau

1935 · 105 min · ★ 7.0 · Drama, Romance

Captain Benoît manages to take possession of the plans of a new German airplane. The German counter-espionage assigns one of their agents, beautiful Erna Fiedler, to seduce Benoît and to eliminate him. But the two spies fall in love.

Directed by Pierre Billon · Written by Bernard Zimmer

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