Army in the Shadows

L' armée des ombres, feature film, drama, France, Italy, 1969

DIRECTED BY: Jean-Pierre Melville

Army in the Shadows

CAST:
Lino Ventura (Philippe Gerbier),
Paul Meurisse (Luc Jardie),
Jean-Pierre Cassel (Jean François Jardie),
Simone Signoret (Mathilde),
Claude Mann (Claude Le Masque),
Paul Crauchet

SCRIPT:
Jean-Pierre Melville (based on novel by Joseph Kessel)

PHOTOGRAPHY:
Pierre Lhomme,
Walter Wottitz

MUSIC:
Eric Demarsan

EDITING:
Francoise Bonnot

Synopsis:

This is a story about the lives of members of the French resistance during the German occupation. One member of the resistance, Philippe Gerbier, is betrayed and taken to a concentration camp. Thanks to his heroic efforts, he manages to escape and joins the resistance in Marseilles, where he organizes the execution of the man who betrayed him.

b/w DCP, 145 min

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