Lino Ventura,
Paul Meurisse,
Jean-Pierre Cassel,
Simone Signoret,
Serge Reggiani
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In this war drama set during the French Resistance of WW II, a courageous fighter escapes Gestapo headquarters and returns to Marseille. There he and his gang capture a traitor and throttle him. They ... read more
DVD Release Date: May 15, 2007
Stats: 579 reviews
Unembellished and matter-of-fact. Melville masterfully spotlights the French Resistance without martyring the Nazi regime that spawned it.
a great depiction of french resistance, melville blends substance with his usual stylistic approach. the film falters at many points with a lack of clarity and direction to the shifty plot, and the film is almost entirely without emotion, but it has striking images and flawless ... read more
Heroism to Melville isn't the pretty picture Hollywood gives us in its' sanitized war films. This is a grim film where those pursuing a noble cause don't have the opportunity to even enjoy it as they must be prepared for the possible worst.
Melville's filmmaking style is slow ... read more
This Movie is from the Criterion
Collection, Spine Number 385. This movie was made 39 years ago, and was voted best film of 2006. About the French Resistance during World War II. A true Masterpiece. A Must See. In French with English Subtitles. Only bad part is the German Solid... read more
For the most part this movie is nooze fucking city! The first twenty minutes and the last half hour were the only parts of this movie that really had me going. The cinematography had its high points, but that was about it. Between this and Le Samourai, I'm going to make it a poin... read more
[font=Century Gothic]"Army of Shadows" starts out in 1942 in occupied France as civil engineer Philippe Gerbier(Lino Ventura) is being brought to a prison camp where he is imprisoned with men of almost every nationality. The only other person he considers recruiting to the Frenc... read more
Melville's L'Armee des ombres (Army in the Shadows) is a sad and truly realistic film about the French Resistance fighters of WW II. It notes and graphically shows their struggles and the everyday risks that they take in order to stand up to the Germans. The film isn't an actio... read more
More films need to be made about the French Resistance during WWII. It shows that war with all the moral complexities that really existed. The fact that it is seen as the "good war" is a preposterous notion. People on all sides did some really fucking terrible things in the name ... read more
The price of espionage troops.Ventura,Signoret,Meurisse,the all-star cast of Melville was ready to drum the front-line of A-class film-making,of which the remains of it some decades later are distant echoes,entangled subplots,why...I'll admit only Hitler was missing!
The glacial pacing can be an irritant as the film unfolds -- I repeatedly wanted to speed things up -- but Army of Shadows won't leave you alone after you've seen it. Full Review
From the first sight of German soldiers goose-stepping past the Arc de Triomphe to a postscript that spells out the fate of characters whose moral confusion is all too real, Army of Shadows is a movie...
For anyone interested in the impact of war on ordinary men, Army of Shadows proves a sobering and invaluable experience.
This memorable movie movingly pays tribute to those who chose not to remain silent, to those ordinary men and women who chose to do extraordinary things... from the shadows. Full Review
Place it squarely in the category of overlooked gems. Full Review
A painstaking study in courage and conviction under agonizing pressure. Full Review
Deals with the French resistance during World War II, but it's nothing like any other French resistance film ever made. Full Review
The results bear witness to a time when sacrifice was bleached of everything but itself. Full Review
What's so devastating about Army of Shadows is how physically we respond to the terrible decisions faced by the resistance fighters. Full Review
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