Recruits of death

Movie
German title	Recruits of death
Original title	Secret Defense
Country of production	France
original language	French
Publishing year	2008
length	100 minutes
Age rating	FSK 16
Rod
Director	Philippe Haïm
script	Nathalie Carter , Philippe Haim and Julien Sibony
production	UGC
music	Alexandre Azaria
camera	Jérôme Alméras
cut	Sylvie Landra
occupation
Vahina Giocante : Diane / Lisa Gérard Lanvin : Alex Nicolas Duvauchelle : Pierre / Aziz Rachida Brakni : Leïla / Chadia Simon Abkarian : Al Barad Catherine Hiegel : mother of Pierre Mehdi Nebbou : Amed Aurélien Wiik : Jérémy Nicolas Marié : Fouche Katia Lewkowicz : Aline Camel Belghazi : Aziz Djemel Barek : Khaled Ruben Alves : Loïc Carim Messalti : Hajj Hassam Ghancy : Danar Salem Kali : Salem Moussa Maaskri : Slim Saïd Amadis : Lisa's customer Jérôme Bertin : Chief of Staff Jérémy Bardeau Malek Chebel : Himself Antoine Sfeir : yourself Michaël Vander-Meiren : prison guard in Fleury-Mérogis Joy Esther

Recruits of death (Original title: Secret défense ) is a French feature film by the director Philippe Haïm from 2008.

action

The student Diane is recruited by agent Alex of the French foreign secret service DGSE and then used as an agent in Beirut . At the same time, the criminal Pierre comes into contact with radical Islamists in prison and now joins a terrorist group called "Aziz" with the aim of carrying out an attack in France. The stories of the two are told in parallel for the majority of the film until they meet for the finale. There Diane succeeds in stopping Pierre and thwarting the attack. He's going back to prison. She realizes that her boyfriend, whose father blackmailed her with her work as a prostitute and thus brought her to the DGSE, is in truth a recruiter for the secret service.

Reviews

"Yes, the French can do everything, have simply left the rest of Europe and England, which can do something, in the cinema, and even someone whose films were laughed out loud yesterday (Philippe Haim, director of the 'Daltons' with Til Schweiger!), can conjure up a political thriller that is as relevant as it is effective today, with the intensity and precision of the environment, harshness and tight tension Hollywood will have to compete with. Never cheering patriotic or gimmicky, but critical, differentiated and sensitive. First choice for thriller and drama fans. "

“'Recruits of Death' not only offers action-packed adventure, but also a high level of realism. The result is a thriller that provides plenty of material for discussion. "

Web links

• Secret Defense in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Recruits of death ( Memento from December 10, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) at daserste.de

Individual evidence

1. ^ Certificate of Release for Recruits of Death . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , May 2010 (PDF; test number: 122 744 V).
2. ↑ Film review at kino.de, accessed on November 20, 2016.
3. ↑ Recruits of Death at tv-revolution.com, accessed November 20, 2016.