Sisters in Arms (1937 film)

Sisters in Arms
Directed by	Léon Poirier
Written by	Léon Poirier Antoine Redier
Produced by	Léon Poirier
Starring	Jeanne Sully Josette Day Thomy Bourdelle
Cinematography	Georges Million
Edited by	Jacques Grassi
Music by	Claude Delvincourt
Production company	Societé Artistique Commerciale et Industrielle
Distributed by	Comptoir Français du Film Documentaire
Release date	2 December 1937 (1937-12-02)
Running time	125 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

Sisters in Arms (French: Soeurs d'armes) is a 1937 French spy drama film directed by Léon Poirier and starring Jeanne Sully, Josette Day and Thomy Bourdelle.^[1][2] The film's sets were designed by the art directors Raymond Druart and Hugues Laurent.

During the First World War Louise de Bettignies and Léonie Vanhoutte form an underground intelligence operation in German-occupied Belgium and Northern France in conjunction with British military intelligence.

• Jeanne Sully as Louise de Bettignies
• Josette Day as Léonie Vanhoutte
• Thomy Bourdelle as Le juge Goldschmidt
• André Nox as Le prêtre
• Jeanne Marie-Laurent as Madame Vanhoutte
• Camille Bert as Stoeber
• Gaston Dupray as Monsieur Lamote
• Henriette Dupray as Madame Pandelaers

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• Welch, David. Nazi Propaganda: The Power and the Limitations. Routledge, 2014.

• Sisters in Arms at IMDb

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