Army of Shadows
1969 · Movie · NR · 145 min · ★ 7.9 · 98% critics
In Nazi-occupied France, a Resistance leader is betrayed and sent to a brutal prison camp, then fights his way back to the underground. As the group regathers, survival depends on secrecy, loyalty, and hard choices, with constant fear of informants and capture tightening the net around them.
Based on Q69421673
Also known as The Army in the Shadows · The Army of Shadows
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Details
- Original title
- L'Armée des ombres
- Years
- 1969
- Release date
- 1969-09-10
- Language
- French
- Rated
- NR
- Runtime
- 145 min
- Critic score
- 98/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.9/10 (750 votes)
About
If you want a tense, grounded WWII story about secrecy, loyalty, and moral compromise rather than battlefield action, this may land hard; Not for you if you dislike slow burns or bleak themes like Le Trou.
Pros: gripping tension throughout; unglamorous Resistance realism; strong performances | Cons: slow, deliberate pacing; limited conventional action; bleak, depressing mood
Themes
- czech
- paris, france
- based on novel or book
- nazi
- marseille, france
- vichy regime
- concentration camp
- world war ii
- french resistance
- german occupation
- 1940s
Cast & crew
Lino Ventura
as Philippe Gerbier
Paul Meurisse
as Luc Jardie
Jean-Pierre Cassel
as Jean-François Jardie
Simone Signoret
as Mathilde
Claude Mann
as Claude Ullman / Le Masque
Paul Crauchet
as Félix Lepercq
Christian Barbier
as Guillaume Vermesch / Le Bison
Alain Dekok
as Legrain
Alain Libolt
as Paul Dounat
Jean-Marie Robain
as Baron de La Ferté-Talloires
Directed by Jean-Pierre Melville