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Athanase, head of a top-secret counterintelligence group called "Hangar", is given the task of eliminating Birgitt Haas, a former German terrorist. A new ambitious member of the group, Colonna, suggests disguising the assassination as a crime of passion by connecting Birgitt with a random man who would later take the blame for the murder.
Haas kills Colonna after Bauman interrupts his double about to kill Haas in her hotel room. But Colonna's death also proves convenient for Athanase and the authorities: it rectifies his initial mistake.
In this film, the agency must eliminate a German female terrorist by the name of Birgitt Haas. The murder is to be disguised as a crime of passion, so an agent must lure Birgitt into falling in love. — Fryingham.
Aug 20, 1982 · ''Birgitt Haas Must Be Killed,'' which opens today at the Paris, is about the attempt of a top-top-secret French intelligence unit, headed by Mr. Noiret, to carry out an assassination in...
- Laurent Heynemann
The agency must eliminate a German female terrorist by the name of Birgitt Haas. The murder is to be disguised as a crime of passion, so an agent must lure Birgitt into falling in love. Cast
- Laurent Heynemann
Birgitt Haas Must Be Killed: Directed by Laurent Heynemann. With Philippe Noiret, Jean Rochefort, Lisa Kreuzer, Bernard Le Coq. "Hangar" is a new agency whose purpose is to carry out missions even too sensitive for the police or intelligence services.
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International government forces are devising a plan to "eliminate" the politically troublesome Birgitt Haas in a way that it would appear she had become entangled in a "crime of passion". Sent as "bait", a French government agent, was to become Haas' romantic interest, then set the woman up for assassination.
