OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies

OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2008-05-09

Languages:

French, Arabic, German

Countries:

France

Runtime:

99 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.1 (12642 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Jean-Franèois Halin (scenario)

Jean Bruce (novel)

Jean-Franèois Halin (adaptation)

Michel Hazanavicius (adaptation)

Fullplot:

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.

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