Army of Shadows (L'armée des ombres) (1969)

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Directed by

Jean-Pierre Melville

Starring (View all)

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

Written by

Joseph Kessel
(novel)

Jean-Pierre Melville
(adaptation)

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6 years, 5 months ago at Sep 16 15:17

fernando

Melville, la vie et la mort et la resistance parmi les deux. Le fausse froideur de Ventura, le fausse douceur de Signoret, makes the only love affair in the film. The other one is with the absolut, the number one, the chief Paul Meurisse, the 'cause'.

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Director Jean-Pierre Melville's experiences as a member of the French Resistance during World War II inform this movie about a civil engineer who becomes one of the chiefs of the underground movement. Hailed by many as a masterpiece for its dark and uncompromising vision, the film (which is based on a Joseph Kessel novel of the same name) co-stars Lino Ventura, Simone Signoret, Paul Meurisse and Jean-Pierre Cassel.

Release date: 19 June 1970

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“Melville, la vie et la mort et la resistance parmi les deux. Le fausse froideur de Ventura, le fausse douceur de Signoret, makes the only love affair in the film. The other one is with the absolut, the number one, the chief Paul Meurisse, the 'cause'.” read more