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Jeanne Moreau
Mata Hari
Jean-Louis Trintignant
Captain François Lasalle
Claude Rich
Julien the Chauffeur
Henri Garcin
Gaston
Georges Riquier
Ludovic
Frank Villard
Colonel Emile Pelletier / Legrand
Albert Rémy
Adam Zelle
Hella Petri
La baronne du Maine
Nicole Desailly
Charlotte
Carla Marlier
Ernestine
Marcel Berbert
Le détective qui piste Mata-Hari
Georges Géret
Soldier #2
Charles Denner
Soldier #1
Henri Coutet
Soldier (uncredited)
Max Desrau
Un spectateur à l'Alcazar (uncredited)
Van Doude
Le policier à l'entrée de la banque (uncredited)
Marie Dubois
Marie (uncredited)
Yvette Etiévant
L'infirmière sur le front (uncredited)
Marcel Gassouk
Un policier (uncredited)
Jean-Pierre Léaud
Absalon
Claude Mansard
Le directeur de l'Alcazar (uncredited)

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A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on Wed Nov 20 2024

I thought for a moment it was Gale Sondergaard under the bejewelled crown, but no - it's Jeanne Moreau as the eponymous lady who charms the pants, literally, from the French soldiers from whom she exacts more than kisses. She lives well on the proceeds of her courtesanship, but she also augments that cash by working for the Bosch towards the end of the Great War enabling them to acquire useful French state secrets. She is cold and calculating until she encounters "Lasalle" (Jean-Louis Trintignant). There's something about him that permeates her hitherto impervious armour, and though that doesn'...