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Lacombe, Lucien

Name: Lacombe, Lucien
Director: Louis Malle
Genre: Drama, War
Released: 1974
Rating: 7
Cast: Pierre Blaise, Aurore Clément, Holger Löwenadler, Therese Giehse, Stéphane Bouy

In Louis Malle's lauded drama, Lucien Lacombe is a young man living in rural France during World War II who seeks to join the French Resistance. When he is rejected due to his youth, the resentful Lucien allies himself with the Nazis and joins the Gallic arm of their Gestapo. Lucien grows to enjoy the power that comes with his position, but his life is complicated when he falls for France Horn, a beautiful young Jewish woman.

1974 · Directed by Louis Malle · 138 min · Drama · War · 10 frames

Crew

Written by: Patrick Modiano, Louis Malle
Cinematography: Tonino Delli Colli
Edited by: Suzanne Baron
Production design: Ghislain Uhry
Produced by: Louis Malle, Claude Nedjar

Cast

Pierre Blaise as Lucien Lacombe
Aurore Clément as France Horn
Holger Löwenadler as Albert Horn
Therese Giehse as La Grand-mère
Stéphane Bouy as Jean-Bernard
Loumi Iacobesco as Betty Beaulieu
René Bouloc as Faure
Jean Rougerie as Tonin
Pierre Decazes as Aubert
Jacqueline Staup as Melle Chauvelot

Production

Country: Germany, France, Italy
Language: English, French, German
Studios: Hallelujah-Film GmbH, Vides Cinematografica, Nouvelles Éditions de Films
Themes: war crimes, french gestapo, maquis, children in wartime

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