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.
Army in the Shadows
L' armée des ombres, feature film, drama, France, Italy, 1969
DIRECTED BY: Jean-Pierre Melville
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:
b/w DCP, 145 min