OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies (2006)
OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies (2006)
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Cast & Crew.
Jean Dujardin
Hubert Bonisseur de La Bath, alias OSS 117
Bérénice Bejo
Larmina El Akmar Betouche
Aure Atika
La princesse Al Tarouk
Philippe Lefebvre
Jack Jefferson
Constantin Alexandrov
Setine
Saïd Amadis
Le ministre égyptien
Laurent Bateau
Gardenborough
Claude Brosset
Le patron
François Damiens
Raymond Pelletier
Youssef Hamid
L'imam
Khalid Maadour
Le suiveur
Arsène Mosca
Loktar
Abdellah Moundy
Slimane
Eric Prat
Plantieux
Richard Sammel
Moeller
Michel Hazanavicius
Adaptation / Director
Nicolas Altmayer
Producer
Eric Altmayer
Producer
Franck Chorot
Producer
Jean Bruce
Novel
Betty Beauchamp
Makeup Artist
Jean-François Halin
Scenario Writer / Adaptation
Noureddine Aberdine
First Assistant Director
Luc Bricault
Second Assistant Director
Bettina Keller
Key Hair Stylist
Amina El Halhouli
Makeup Artist
Mustapha Grumij
Second Assistant Director
Harry Bardak
Visual Effects
Julien Fabbris
Visual Effects
Didier Saïn
Sound
Rachid Doha
Third Assistant Director
Sade Zeriffi
Second Assistant Director
Media.
Details.
Release DateApril 19, 2006
Original NameOSS 117 : Le Caire, nid d'espions
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 39m
Content RatingNR
Filming LocationsMorocco
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OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies (French: OSS 117 : Le Caire, nid d'espions) is a 2006 French spy comedy film directed and co-written by Michel Hazanavicius in his feature directorial debut. Starring Jean Dujardin, Bérénice Bejo, and Aure Atika, the film has been widely praised for its cinematography, editing, and score. Set in 1955, the film follows the exploits of a French secret agent, Hubert Bonisseur de La Bath/OSS 117, as he is sent to Cairo to investigate the disappearance of his best friend and fellow spy Jack Jefferson, only to stumble into a web of international intrigue.
While set in Cairo most of the filming was done in Morocco. Hazanavicius' set pieces were carefully constructed and added to the movie's general level of geographic, as well as time period authenticity. The energetic fight sequences between Dujardin and his long cast of assailants, as well as a heart stopping catfight between the film's two leading ladies were meticulously choreographed.
The movie is based on author Jean Bruce's fictional character Hubert Bonisseur de La Bath, an American military officer of French descent, formerly employed by the Office of Strategic Services and then the CIA, who operates as a secret agent in France. OSS 117 reimagines the character as a French spy working for the French intelligence agency Service de Documentation Extérieure et de Contre-Espionnage.
Bruce's original OSS 117 starred in over 265 novels and seven films through 1970 and while the films were presented as straightforward spy thrillers,
OSS 117 acts as a parody of the spy genre and depicts OSS 117 as a Frenchman who is "culturally insensitive, chauvinistic, and thoroughly moronic...[but] somehow manages to slide through outrageously dangerous situations unscathed, time and again." often with great, if unintentional humor.
A sequel, OSS 117: Lost in Rio, also directed by Hazanavicius and starring Dujardin, was released in 2009. Two years later, both Hazanavicius and Dujardin would win Academy Awards for Best Director and Best Actor, respectively, as part of a five Academy Award sweep for the highly acclaimed 2011 film The Artist. Dujardin was the first French actor to receive the Academy Award for Best Actor and The Artist was the first French produced film to win the Academy Award for Best Picture.
A third installment of the series, also starring Dujardin, OSS 117: From Africa with Love was released in 2021 but was directed by Nicolas Bedos.