Army of Shadows
Recommended byChristoph Hochhäusler, Park Chan-wook, Bertrand Blier, Claude Lelouch, Bruno Podalydès, Riad Sattouf, Serge Bromberg, Joanna Hogg, Dominik Moll, John Cameron Mitchell, Michael Haneke
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France, 1942, under German occupation. Philippe Gerbier, a civil engineer, is a French Resistance commandant. Denounced by a French collaborator, he is interned in a concentration camp. He manages to escape, and rejoins his network in Marseille, where he has the traitor executed. This movie reveals rigorously and austerely what life was like in the French Resistance: the solitude and fear of its members; their relationships with one another; the constant threat of arrest by the Gestapo; the Resistance command structure and the way its orders were carried out.
Credits
- Distributor : Studiocanal
- Production Compagny : Les Films Corona, Fono Roma
- Set Decoration : Théobald Meurisse
- Sound Recorder : Jacques Carrère
- Photo Director : Pierre Lhomme
- Costume Design : Colette Baudot
- Original Music : Eric Demarsan
- Original Work Author : Joseph Kessel
- Editing : Françoise Bonnot
- Producer : Jacques Dorfmann
- Director : Jean-Pierre Melville
- Scenario : Jean-Pierre Melville
Technical details
- Printed format : 35 mm
- Sound mix : Stéréo 2.0
- Year of production : 1969
- French release date : 12 September 1969
- Category : Feature film
- Color : Colors
- Language : French
- Subtitle : German
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Bruno Podalydès
about Army of Shadows
of Jean-Pierre MelvilleCela fait partie des expériences cinématographiques très rares.
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Claire Mathon
about Army of Shadows
of Jean-Pierre MelvilleJ'ai l'impression que c'est le film à revoir à chaque fois qu'on va faire des soirs, des aubes, des nuits (...) que l'on va être pris dans cette tonalité, ce mystère.
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