- Summary
- Follows a group of French resistance fighters during World War II as they face capture, escape, and a traitor.
- Uniform Title
- Armée des ombres (Motion picture)
- Other Title
- Armée des ombres.
- Variant Title
- Army of shadows
Army of Shadows a Jean-Pierre Melville film
- Series
- The Criterion collection ; 385
Criterion collection ; 385.
- Format
- Video
- Published
- New York, NY : Criterion Collection, [2020]
- Locale
- France
- Other Authors/Editors
- Melville, Jean-Pierre, 1917-1973, screenwriter, director.
Dorfmann, Jacques, producer.
Lhomme, Pierre, 1930-2019, cinematographer.
Bonnot, Françoise, 1939-2018, film editor.
Demarsan, Eric, 1938- composer.
Ventura, Lino, 1919-1987, actor.
Meurisse, Paul, 1913-1979, actor.
Cassel, Jean-Pierre, 1932-2007, actor.
Signoret, Simone, 1921-1985, actor.
Mann, Claude, actor.
Crauchet, Paul, actor.
Barbier, Christian, 1924-2009, actor.
Reggiani, Serge, actor.
Kessel, Joseph, 1898-1979.
Rialto Pictures LLC, presenter.
Studio Canal, presenter.
Films Corona, production company.
Fono Roma (Firm), production company.
Criterion Collection (Firm), film distributor.
- Notes
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Title from title frame.
Based on the novel by Joseph Kessel.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1969.
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.
Directeur de la photographie, Pierre L'Homme ; montage [editor], Françoise Bonnot ; musique, Eric De Marsan ; decors, Théobald Meurisse ; conseiller aux dialogues ét́rangers, Howard Vernon.
Lino Ventura (Philippe Gerbier), Paul Meurisse (Luc Jardie), Jean-Pierre Cassel (Jean-François Jardie), Simone Signoret (Mathilde), Claude Mann (Claude 'Le Masque'), Paul Crauchet (Félix), Christian Barbier ('Le Bison'), 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.
MPAA rating: Not rated.
DVD; Region 1, NTSC; 1.0 Dolby Digital mono., 2.0 Dolby Digital stereo; widescreen presentation, aspect ratio 1.85:1; enhanced for 16:9 televisions; new high-definition digital transfer.
In French with optional subtitles in English.
