Army Of Shadows ( L'Armée des ombres ) ( L'Armata degli eroi )

Army Of Shadows (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: L'Armée des ombres
Alternate Title: L'Armata degli eroi
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
Czech ( Subtitles )
Danish ( Subtitles )
Dutch ( Subtitles )
English ( Subtitles )
Finnish ( Subtitles )
French ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
German ( Subtitles )
Hungarian ( Subtitles )
Norwegian ( Subtitles )
Polish ( Subtitles )
Portuguese ( Subtitles )
Spanish ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Spanish ( Subtitles )
Swedish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Finland ( PAL/Region 2.4 )

Running Time:
139 min

Aspect Ratio:
Anamorphic Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Photo Gallery
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 1969 and produced in:
France ( France, Benelux )
Italy ( Italy, Greece )

Directed By:
Jean-Pierre Melville

Written By:
Jean-Pierre Melville
Joseph Kessel

Actors:
Lino Ventura ..... Philippe Gerbier
Paul Meurisse ..... Luc Jardie
Jean-Pierre Cassel ..... Jean François Jardie
Simone Signoret ..... Mathilde
Claude Mann ..... Claude Le Masque
Paul Crauchet ..... Felix
Christian Barbier ..... Le Bison
Serge Reggiani ..... The hairdresser
André Dewavrin ..... Colonel Passy (Himself)
Alain Dekok ..... Legrain
Alain Mottet ..... Commander of the camp
Alain Libolt ..... Paul Dounat
Jean-Marie Robain ..... Baron de Ferte Talloire
Albert Michel ..... Gendarm
Denis Sadier ..... Gestapo's doctor

Synopsis:

Dark as pitch and utterly without compromise, Jean-Pierre Melville's "Army of Shadows" traces the harrowing feats of a small band of Resistance fighters operating during the German occupation of France in World War II. Melville first read Joseph Kessel's slim novel of the same title in 1943, the year it was published, and for the next quarter-century nurtured a desire to turn it into a film. He finally did so in 1969. When "Army of Shadows" was originally released, a French critic wrote that "this Resistance epic was, in the end, a sublime thriller." Melville rejected the comparison, even if it is also entirely possible to see his sublime thrillers as epics of resistance. The great man died in 1973 at the unfair age of 55, collapsing into the arms of a male friend. He left behind one short film and 13 features, a few of which, including "Army of Shadows," are worthy of that overused superlative masterpiece. It is that rare work of art that thrills the senses and the mind.

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