OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies

OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies
OSS 117: Le Caire, nid d'espions

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Country	France
Directed by	Michel Hazanavicius
Release Date	2006
Language	French
Distributor	Gaumont

Main Cast
Character	Actor
OSS 117 / Hubert Bonisseur de La Bath	Jean Dujardin
Larmina El Akmar Betouche	Bérénice Bejo
Jack Jefferson	Philippe Lefebvre
Colonel Von Umsprung	Michael Hofland
The Princess	Aure Atika
Raymond Pelletier	François Damiens

OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies (OSS 117: Le Caire, nid d'espions) is a 2006 French retro spy spoof starring Jean Dujardin and Bérénice Bejo, directed by Michel Hazanavicius. It reimagines the original OSS 117 series, meant to be serious spy films, as spoofs of spy films of the era. This filmed is followed by a 2009 sequel, OSS 117: Lost in Rio, with Dujardin and Hazanavicius returning. Dujardin, Bejo and Hazanavicius would reunite in 2011 for The Artist.

WARNING! Important plot points may be in the subtitles!

The following weapons are used in OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies:

Walther PP

Hubert Bonisseur de La Bath / Lucien Bramard / OSS 117 (Jean Dujardin) carries a Walther PP as his sidearm. The Imam (Youssef Hamid) gets a hold of it in the end.

Post war Walther PP Pistol - .32 ACP. Though most of the pistols built immediately after the war were made by Manurhin of France (under license), the guns are marked "Made in West Germany".

OSS 117 bursts into Jack's office with pistol drawn.

Guns are phallic, yes, we get it.

OSS 117 surrenders his PP.

The Imam holds OSS 117 at gunpoint with his own gun.

Beretta M1934

Jack Jefferson (Philippe Lefebvre) is armed with a Beretta M1934.

Beretta Model 1934 - .380 ACP

Jefferson with his M1934.

Luger P08

Colonel Hermann Von Umsprung (Michael Hofland) of the Waffen-SS draws a Luger P08 during the World War II flashback. OSS 117 later picks it up. Moeller (Richard Sammel) has one in Cairo.