The film recounts the life of a young member of parliament 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.
Direction
Jean Mamy's final film before his 1949 execution—ironic career capper.
Production
Commissioned by Nazi-occupied France's anti-Masonic propaganda machine.
Director
Jean Mamy
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Jean Mamy was a former Freemason himself, making this a bizarre act of self-denunciation to save his skin. It didn't work.
This was the only feature produced by France's anti-Masonic exhibition, a Nazi collaborationist project. It's now studied as a textbook example of how cinema manufactures enemy images.
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