Army of Shadows (1969)
L'armée des ombres
Betrayal. Loyalty. Collaboration. Resistance.
145 min
Betrayed by an informant, Philippe Gerbier finds himself trapped in a torturous Nazi prison camp. Though Gerbier escapes to rejoin the Resistance in occupied Marseilles, France, and exacts his revenge on the informant, he must continue a quiet, seemingly endless battle against the Nazis in an atmosphere of tension, paranoia and distrust.
- Release date
- September 12, 1969
- Country of origin
- Italy, France
- Music
- Éric Demarsan
- Box office
- $906,133
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Cast
- Lino Ventura as Philippe Gerbier
- Paul Meurisse as Luc Jardie
- Jean-Pierre Cassel as Jean François Jardie
- Simone Signoret as Mathilde
- Claude Mann as Claude Ullmann dit 'Le Masque'
- Paul Crauchet as Felix Lepercq
- Christian Barbier as Guillaume Vermersch dit 'Le Bison'
- Alain Dekok as Legrain
- Alain Libolt as Paul Dounat
- Jean-Marie Robain as Baron de La Ferté-Talloires
- Albert Michel as Gendarme
- Marco Perrin as Octave Bonnafous
- Hubert de Lapparent as Aubert
- Jeanne Pérez as Marie
- Alain Mottet as Le Commandant du Camp
- Denis Sadier as Docteur de la Prison de la Gestapo
- Serge Reggiani as The hairdresser
- Gérard-Antoine Huart as Prisonnier
- Percival Russel as Soldat allemand
- Jacques Marbeuf as Officier allemand
- Marcel Bernier as Customs Adjutant
- Gaston Meunier as Contrôleur des bagages
- Nathalie Delon as L'ami de Jean-François (non-crédité)
- Jacques Léonard as Prisonnier du camp d'internement (non-crédité)
- André Dewavrin as Colonel Passy
Crew
- Jean-Pierre Melville · Director
- Joseph Kessel · Writer
- Jean-Pierre Melville · Writer
- Jacques Dorfmann · Producer
- Éric Demarsan · Composer
- Pierre Lhomme · Cinematographer
- Walter Wottitz · Cinematographer
- Françoise Bonnot · Editor
- Théobald Meurisse · Production designer