| Description |
2 videodiscs (145 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
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digital optical mono rda |
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unknown |
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NTSC rda |
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video file region 1 rda |
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DVD video |
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Motion picture |
| Series |
The Criterion collection ; 385 |
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Criterion collection ; 385.
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| Note |
Originally released as a motion picture in 1969. |
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Based on the novel by Joseph Kessel. |
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Mono, wide screen 1.85:1. |
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Essay by critic Amy Taubin in container. |
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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. |
| Language |
In French with optional English subtitles. |
| Cast |
Lino Ventura, Paul Meurisse, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Simone Signoret, Claude Mann. |
| Summary |
Follows a group of French resistance fighters during World War II as they face capture, escape, and a traitor. |
| Terms Of Use |
For private home use only. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: Not rated. |
| Subject |
World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- France -- Drama.
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France -- History -- German occupation, 1940-1945 -- Drama.
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Kessel, Joseph, 1898-1979 -- Film adaptations.
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| Genre/Form |
War films.
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Historical films.
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Film adaptations.
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Feature films.
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Fiction films.
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| Added Author |
Melville, Jean-Pierre, 1917-1973, screenwriter, director.
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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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Motion picture adaptation of (work): Kessel, Joseph, 1898-1979.
Armée des ombres.
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| Other Editions: |
Reproduction of (manifestation): Armée des ombres (Motion picture) Army of shadows New York, NY : Criterion Collection, [2020] 1 videodisc (145 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. 715515244015 |
| ISBN |
1681436914 |
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9781681436913 |
| Standard No. |
715515244114 |
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00715515244114 gtin-14 |
| Music No. |
CC3134D Criterion Collection |
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