Forces occultes is a French film of 1943, notable as the last film to be directed by Paul Riche (the pseudonym of Jean Mamy

Jean Mamy

Jean Mamy was a French actor, producer, film and theatre director, screenwriter and journalist, notable for his collaboration with the Vichy regime . He was also known by the pseudonym Paul Riche, and wrote for L'Appel...

).

Plot

The film recounts the life of a young député who joins the Freemasons in order to relaunch his career. He thus learns of how the Freemasons are conspiring with the Jews and the Anglo-american nations to encourage France into a war against Germany.

History

The film was commissioned in 1942 by the Propaganda Abteilung, a delegation of Nazi Germany

Nazi Germany

Nazi Germany , also known as the Third Reich , but officially called German Reich from 1933 to 1943 and Greater German Reich from 26 June 1943 onward, is the name commonly used to refer to the state of Germany from 1933 to 1945, when it was a totalitarian dictatorship ruled by...

's propaganda ministry within occupied France by the ex-Mason Mamy. It virulently denounces Freemasonry

Freemasonry

Freemasonry is a fraternal organisation that arose from obscure origins in the late 16th to early 17th century. Freemasonry now exists in various forms all over the world, with a membership estimated at around six million, including approximately 150,000 under the jurisdictions of the Grand Lodge...

, parliamentarianism and Jews as part of Vichy's drive against them and seeks to prove a Jewish-Masonic plot. On France's liberation its writer Jean Marquès-Rivière, its producer Robert Muzard and its direction Jean Mamy were purged

Épuration légale

The Épuration légale was the wave of official trials that followed the Liberation of France and the fall of the Vichy Regime...

 for collaboration with the enemy. On 25 November 1945, Muzard was condemned to 3 years in prison and Marquès-Rivière was condemned in his absence (he had gone into self-imposed exile) to death and degradation

Indignité nationale

Indignité nationale was a legally defined offense, created at the Liberation in the context of the “Épuration légale”...

. Mamy had also been a journalist on L'Appel

L'Appel

L'Appel was a collaborationist periodicial of Vichy France. It was the organ of the collaborationist French League and edited by the League's leader, Pierre Costantini of the Parti populaire français . Its two main contributors were Robert Julien-Courtine and Paul Riche....

under Pierre Constantini (leader of the Ligue française d’épuration, d’entraide sociale et de collaboration européenne) and on the collaborationist journal Au pilori

Au Pilori

Au Pilori, also known as Le Pilori, was an anti-Semitic newspaper published in Occupied France during World War II.The paper first appeared as Le Pilori, before changing its name through an evolution of the editorial team...

, and was thus condemned to death and executed at the fortress of Montrouge

Montrouge

Montrouge is a commune in the southern Parisian suburbs, located from the center of Paris, France. It is one of the most densely populated municipalities in Europe...

 on 29 March 1949.

Cast

• Maurice Rémy : Pierre Avenel
• Marcel Vibert
• Auguste Bovério : Bovério
• Gisèle Parry : Madame Avenel
• Léonce Corne
  Léonce Corne
  Léonce Corne was a French film actor. He appeared in 120 films between 1931 and 1974.-Selected filmography:* Forces occultes * Return to Life * We Are All Murderers...
  
  
• Pierre Darteuil
• Marcel Raine
• Louise Flavie
• Simone Arys
• Colette Darfeuil
• Henri Valbel

External links

• Forces occultes on Dailymotion.com