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An homage to classic spy films. It's 1955 and after a fellow agent and close friend disappears, secret agent Hubert Bonisseur de la Bath, a.k.a. OSS 117, is ordered to take his place at the head of a poultry firm in Cairo. This is to be his cover while he is busy investigating, foiling Nazi holdouts, quelling a fundamentalist rebellion, and bedding local beauties.
Feb 29, 2024 · OSS 117 Cairo, Nest of Spies (2006) also known as OSS 117: Le Caire, nid d’espions is a French spy-comedy drama film. Directed by Michel Hazanavicius, a secret French agent goes on a covert ...
Apr 5, 2024 · 10. The Spy Who Came In From the Cold (1965) Everett. Based on the John le Carré novel, Martin Ritt ’s bleak spy thriller also features George Smiley (see No. 3 on this list), although the ...
Jun 6, 2006 · Michel Hazanavicius. Director. Jean Bruce. Novel. Written by talisencrw on May 11, 2016. Secret agent OSS 117 foils Nazis, beds local beauties, and brings peace to the Middle East.
OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies is a brilliant satire of the 60's spy movies, not just James Bond, but the many European entries, as well. Jean Dujardin is wonderful as Hubert Bonisseur de la Bath, aka OSS 117. OSS 117 was a literary spy from a series of French novels, which predate James Bond. In the novels, he was an American from Louisiana ...
Jean Dujardin stars as secret agent Hubert Bonisseur de la Bath, a.k.a. OSS 117 who in the tradition of Inspector Clouseau succeeds in spite of himself. Hubert masquerades as the head of a poultry firm in Cairo while he investigates the death of a fellow agent, monitors the Suez Canal, checks up on the Brits and Soviets, quells a rebellion and brokers peace in the Middle East. A witty send-up ...
