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Army of Shadows
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.
1969 · Directed by Jean-Pierre Melville · 145 min · War · Drama · Thriller · History · 46 frames
Tagline
Betrayal. Loyalty. Collaboration. Resistance.
Crew
- Screenplay: Jean-Pierre Melville
- Cinematography: Walter Wottitz, Pierre Lhomme
- Edited by: Françoise Bonnot
- Music: Éric Demarsan
- Production design: Théobald Meurisse
- Produced by: Jacques Dorfmann
Cast
- Lino Ventura as Philippe Gerbier
- Paul Meurisse as Luc Jardie
- Jean-Pierre Cassel as Jean-François Jardie
- Simone Signoret as Mathilde
- Claude Mann as Claude Ullman / Le Masque
- Paul Crauchet as Félix Lepercq
- Christian Barbier as Guillaume Vermesch / Le Bison
- Alain Dekok as Legrain
- Alain Libolt as Paul Dounat
- Jean-Marie Robain as Baron de La Ferté-Talloires
Production
- Country: France, Italy
- Language: German, English, French
- Studios: Fono Roma, Les Films Corona
- Box office: $906,133
- Themes: czech, paris, france, based on novel or book, nazi, marseille, france, vichy regime, concentration camp, world war ii, french resistance, german occupation
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