Army of shadows = Armée des ombres
by
Melville, Jean-Pierre, 1917-1973, screenwriter, director.
Title
:
Army of shadows = Armée des ombres
Alternate title
:
Armée des ombres
Author
:
Melville, Jean-Pierre, 1917-1973, screenwriter, director.
Ventura, Lino, 1919-1987, actor.
Meurisse, Paul, 1913-1979, actor.
Cassel, Jean-Pierre, 1932-2007, actor.
Kessel, Joseph, 1898-1979, creator.
Series
:
Criterion collection ;
Series Number
:
385.
Summary
:
Follows a group of French resistance fighters during World War II as they face capture, escape, and a traitor.
Audience
:
MPAA rating: Not rated.
General Note
:
Originally released as a motion picture in 1969.
Based on the novel by Joseph Kessel.
Mono, wide screen 1.85:1.
Essay by critic Amy Taubin in container.
Features: audio commentary from 2006 featuring film scholar Ginette Vincendeau; interviews from 2007 with Lhomme and editor Françoise Bonnot; on-set footage and excerpts from archival interviews with director Jean-Pierre Melville, cast members, author Joseph Kessel, and real-life Resistance fighters; Jean-Pierre Melville et L'armée des ombres" (2005), a short program on the director and his film; Le journal de la Résistance (1944), a rare short documentary shot on the front lines during the final days of the German occupation of France; restoration demonstration by Lhomme; trailers.
Physical Description
:
2 videodiscs (145 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Genre
:
War films.
Historical films.
Film adaptations.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Personal Subject
:
Kessel, Joseph, 1898-1979-Film adaptations.
Subject Term
:
World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- Drama.
Geographic Term
:
France -- History -- German occupation, 1940-1945 -- Drama.
Author(s)
:
Melville, Jean-Pierre, 1917-1973,
Ventura, Lino, 1919-1987,
Meurisse, Paul, 1913-1979,
Cassel, Jean-Pierre, 1932-2007,
Kessel, Joseph, 1898-1979,
Publisher
:
Criterion Collection,
Publication Date
:
2020
ISBN
:
9781681436913
Publication Information
:
New York, NY : Criterion Collection, [2020]
Call Number
:
DVD ARMYOFSHADOWS
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