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Army of Shadows

Army of Shadows

SEP 10, 1969 · 145 MIN · DIR. JEAN-PIERRE MELVILLE

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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.

Cast

  • Lino Ventura

    Lino Ventura

    Philippe Gerbier

  • Paul Meurisse

    Paul Meurisse

    Luc Jardie

  • Jean-Pierre Cassel

    Jean-Pierre Cassel

    Jean-François Jardie

  • Simone Signoret

    Simone Signoret

    Mathilde

  • Claude Mann

    Claude Mann

    Claude Ullman / Le Masque

  • Paul Crauchet

    Paul Crauchet

    Félix Lepercq

  • Christian Barbier

    Christian Barbier

    Guillaume Vermesch / Le Bison

  • Alain Dekok

    Alain Dekok

    Legrain

  • Alain Libolt

    Alain Libolt

    Paul Dounat

  • Jean-Marie Robain

    Jean-Marie Robain

    Baron de La Ferté-Talloires

  • Albert Michel

    Albert Michel

    Gendarme

  • Georges Sellier

    Georges Sellier

    Colonel Jarret du Plessis

Crew

Screenplay

Jean-Pierre Melville

Director of Photography

Walter Wottitz

Director of Photography

Pierre Lhomme

Editor

Françoise Bonnot

Original Music Composer

Éric Demarsan

Producer

Jacques Dorfmann