Army of Shadows (1969)

3.67
/ 10
3 User Ratings
2h 25m
Running Time

September 10, 1969
Release Date

Army of Shadows (1969)

3.67
/ 10
3 User Ratings
2h 25m
Running Time

September 10, 1969
Release Date

External Links & Social Media
Advertisement
Watch Army of Shadows Trailer

Plot.

Betrayed by an informant, Philippe Gerbier finds himself trapped in a torturous Nazi prison camp. Though Gerbier escapes to rejoin the Resistance in occupied Marseilles, France, and exacts his revenge on the informant, he must continue a quiet, seemingly endless battle against the Nazis in an atmosphere of tension, paranoia and distrust.

Where to Watch.

Amazon VideoRent

Currently Army of Shadows is available for streaming online, rent, buy or watch for free on: Amazon Video

Streaming in:
🇺🇸 United States

Powered byJustWatch logo

Details.

Release Date
September 10, 1969

Original Name
L'Armée des ombres

Status
Released

Running Time
2h 25m

Box Office
$741,766

Filming Locations
16th arrondissement of Paris · Nice · Lyon · Fort de Cormeilles-en-Parisis, France

Genres

Advertisement

Wiki.

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.

Advertisement
Social Media
X
Facebook
Pinterest
Telegram
Download
iOS Application
Made in Ukraine 🇺🇦
Copyright © MovieFit 2018 – 2024
All external content remains the property of its respective owner.