Description: Jean-Pierre Melvilles piercing, deeply haunting portrait of the French resistance Returns to the Criterion Collection The most personal film by the underworld poet Jean-Pierre Melville, who had participated in the French Resistance himself, this tragic masterpiece, based on a novel by Joseph Kessel, recounts the struggles and sacrifices of those who fought in the Resistance. Lino Ventura, Paul Meurisse, Jean-Pierre Cassel, and the incomparable Simone Signoret star as intrepid underground fighters who must grapple with their conception of honor in their battle against Hitlers regime. Long underappreciated in France and unseen in the United States, the gripping thrillerArmy of Shadowsis now widely recognized as the summit of Melvilles career, channeling the exquisite minimalism of his gangster films to create an unsparing tale of defiance in the face of seemingly insurmountable odds.
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Publication Year: 2007
Publication Date: 2007-05-15
Producer: Jacques Dorfmann
Movie/TV Title: Army of Shadows (1969)
Director: Jean-Pierre Melville
Language: French
Run Time: 145 min.
Format: DVD
Genre: War Drama
Studio: Criterion
Sub-Genre: Foreign-French
