Army of Shadows (1969)
Army of Shadows (1969)
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Cast & Crew.
Lino Ventura
Philippe Gerbier
Paul Meurisse
Luc Jardie
Jean-Pierre Cassel
Jean François Jardie
Simone Signoret
Mathilde
Claude Mann
Claude Ullmann dit 'Le Masque'
Paul Crauchet
Felix Lepercq
Christian Barbier
Guillaume Vermersch dit 'Le Bison'
Serge Reggiani
The hairdresser
Alain Libolt
Paul Dounat
Jean-Marie Robain
Baron de La Ferté-Talloires
Albert Michel
Gendarme
Alain Dekok
Legrain
Jean-Pierre Melville
Director
Georges Sellier
Colonel Jarret du Plessis
Joseph Kessel
Writer
Marco Perrin
Octave Bonnafous
Hubert de Lapparent
Aubert
Jeanne Pérez
Marie
Jacques Dorfmann
Producer
Éric Demarsan
Composer
Alain Mottet
Camp Commander
Pierre Lhomme
Cinematographer
Denis Sadier
Gestapo Prison Doctor
Walter Wottitz
Cinematographer
Françoise Bonnot
Editor
Colin Mann
Dispatcher
Théobald Meurisse
ProductionDesigner
Anthony Stuart
Royal Air Force Major
Gérard-Antoine Huart
Prisoner
Percival Russel
German Soldier
Michel Dacquin
Condemned
Jacques Marbeuf
German Officer
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Details.
Release DateSeptember 10, 1969
Original NameL'Armée des ombres
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 25m
Box Office$906,133
Filming LocationsLyon · Studios de la Victorine · Fort de Cormeilles-en-Parisis · 16th arrondissement of Paris, France
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Army of Shadows (French: L'Armée des ombres; Italian: L'armata degli eroi) is a 1969 Franco-Italian World War II suspense-drama film written and directed by Jean-Pierre Melville, and starring Lino Ventura, Paul Meurisse, Jean-Pierre Cassel, and Simone Signoret. It is an adaptation of Joseph Kessel's 1943 book of the same name, which mixes Kessel's experiences as a member of the French Resistance with fictional versions of other Resistance members.
The film follows a small group of Resistance fighters as they move between safe houses, work with the Allied militaries, kill informers, and attempt to evade the capture and execution that they know is their most likely fate. While portraying its characters as heroic, the film presents a bleak, unromantic view of the Resistance.
At the time of its initial release in France, Army of Shadows was not well-received, as, in the wake of the events of May 1968, French critics denounced it for its perceived glorification of Charles de Gaulle. American art-film programmers of the time took their cues from Cahiers du cinéma, which attacked the film on this basis, so it was not released in the United States until 2006, after a reappraisal of the film and Melville's oeuvre published in Cahiers du cinéma in the mid-1990s led to its restoration and re-release. The film was critically acclaimed in the U.S. and appeared on many critics' lists of the best films of 2006.