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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.
Length 145 minutes
Simone Signoret | Paul Meurisse | Serge Reggiani | Lino Ventura | Jean-Pierre Cassel | Jeanne Pérez | Alain Mottet | Paul Crauchet | Claude Mann | Hubert de Lapparent | Albert Michel | Alain Libolt | Nathalie Delon | Christian Barbier | Percival Russel | Jacques Léonard | Jean-Marie Robain | Gérard-Antoine Huart | Georges Sellier | Marco Perrin | Denis Sadier | Jacques Marbeuf | Marcel Bernier | Gaston Meunier | Michel Dacquin | Colin Mann | Alain Dekok | Anthony Stuart | Pierre Vaudier
Once thought lost and just restored in 2005, this frank portrayal of the French resistance, the titular Army of Shadows, during World War II is well done.
Director Jean-Pierre Melville served in the resistance, as did writer Joseph Kessel, whose novel the movie is based on.
You won’t find any wildly crazy action scenes here. Instead, what you get is an honest, and sometimes tedious, portrayal of history. That said, there are some pretty startling scenes of brutal violence.
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