| Description |
2 videodiscs (145 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 guide (41 pages : color, illustrations ; 19 cm.). |
| Series |
Criterion collection ; 385 |
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Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 385.
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| System Details |
DVD; region 1, NTSC; 1.0 Dolby Digital mono., 2.0 Dolby Digital stereo; widescreen (1.85:1) presentation. |
| Note |
Based on the novel by Joseph Kessell. |
| Cast |
Lino Ventura, Paul Meurisse, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Simone Signoret, Claude Mann, Paul Crauchet, Christian Barbier, Serge Reggiani, André Dewavrin, Alain Dekok, Alain Mottet, Alain Libolt, Jean-Marie Robain, Albert Michel, Denis Sadier, Georges Sellier, Marco Perrin, Hubert de Lapparent, Colin Mann, Anthony Stuart, Michel Fretault. |
| Credits |
Directeur de la photographie, Pierre Lhomme ; montage [editor], Françoise Bonnot ; musique, Eric De Marsan ; decors, Théobald Meurisse ; conseiller aux dialogues é́trangers, Howard Vernon. |
| Note |
Originally released as a French motion picture in 1969. |
| Summary |
A stark and unvarnished story about Resistance fighters in Vichy France in 1942-43 when the French leadership allowed the Nazis to occupy the country. The members of this army are cold, hungry, desperate men and women, with false names and no addresses, who can be betrayed in an instant by a traitor or an accident. They know they will probably die. A meditation on the nature of resistance and the price of courage, these heroes can save their own country only by cutting themselves apart from it. |
| Note |
Special features: New interviews ; Jean-Pierre Melville et "L'armée des ombres" ; Le journal de la Résistance. |
| Language |
French dialogue with optional subtitles in English. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Local Note |
WNPLFFDVD |
| Subject |
Guerrillas -- France -- Drama.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Collaborationists -- Drama.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- France -- Drama.
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France -- History -- German occupation, 1940-1945 -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
War films.
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Feature films.
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Foreign films.
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Film adaptations.
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Motion pictures, French.
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| Subject |
Kessel, Joseph, 1898-1979 -- Film adaptations.
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| Added Author |
Melville, Jean-Pierre, 1917-1973. Screenwriter. Director.
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Dorfmann, Jacques. Producer.
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Ventura, Lino, 1919-1987. Actor.
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Meurisse, Paul, 1913-1979. Actor.
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Cassel, Jean-Pierre, 1932-2007. Actor.
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Signoret, Simone, 1921-1985. Actor.
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Mann, Claude. Actor.
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Crauchet, Paul. Actor.
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Barbier, Christian, 1924-2009. Actor.
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Reggiani, Serge. Actor.
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Lhomme, Pierre, 1930-2019
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Bonnot, Françoise, 1939-2018
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Demarsan, Eric, 1938- Composer.
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Kessel, Joseph, 1898-1979.
Armée des ombres.
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Janus Films.
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Rialto Pictures LLC.
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Studio Canal.
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Films Corona.
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Centre national de la cinématographie (France). Service des archives du film.
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Fono Roma (Firm)
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Criterion Collection (Firm)
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| Added Title |
Army of shadows |
| ISBN |
1934121487 |
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9781934121481 |
| Standard No. |
715515023726 |
| Music No. |
CC1693D Criterion Collection |
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