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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