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Army of shadows [videorecording (DVD)] / a Jean-Pierre Melville film.

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Criterion Collection, 2020.

World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- France -- Drama.

World War, 1939-1945 -- Collaborationists -- Drama.

France -- History -- German occupation, 1940-1945 -- Drama.

Criterion collection ; 385.

Alternate title:

Armée des ombres [videorecording (DVD)]

[videorecording (DVD)] /

Two-DVD special ed.

2 videodiscs (145 min.) : Dolby digital mono. sd., col. ; 12 cm. + 1 folded sheet insert.

Based on the novel by Joseph Kessel.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1969.

Special Features: High-definition digital restoration, supervised by director of photography Pierre Lhomme ; alternate 2.0 surround soundtrack ; 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 ; PLUS: An essay by critic Amy Taubin.

In French with optional subtitles in English.

Rialto Pictures ; une restauration ; Studio Canal ; Archives françaises du film ; CNC ; Les Films Corona présentent ; produced by Jacques Dorfmann ; written and directed by Jean-Pierre Melville ; co-production Franco-Italienne Films Corona (Paris), Fono Roma (Rome).

Lino Ventura, Paul Meurisse and Jean-Pierre Cassel with the participation of Simone Signoret as Mathilde with Paul Crauchet, Claude Mann, Christian Barbier and Serge Reggiani.

"The most personal film by the underworld poet Jean-Pierre Melville, who had participated in the French Resistance himself, this tragic masterpiece, based on a novel by Joseph Kessel, recounts the struggles and sacrifices of those who fought in the Resistance. Lino Ventura, Paul Meurisse, Jean-Pierre Cassel, and the incomparable Simone Signoret star as intrepid underground fighters who must grapple with their conception of honor in their battle against Hitler's regime. Long underappreciated in France and unseen in the United States, the atmospheric and gripping thriller Army of Shadows is now widely recognized as the summit of Melville's career, channeling the exquisite minimalism of his gangster films to create an unsparing tale of defiance in the face of seemingly insurmountable odds."--Container.

Thriller films.

Films français.

Films de guerre.

Thrillers (Films)

Films for the hearing impaired.

Kessel, Joseph, 1898-1979. Armée des ombres.

Melville, Jean-Pierre, 1917-1973.

Ventura, Lino, 1919-1987.

Meurisse, Paul, 1913-1979.

Cassel, Jean-Pierre, 1932-2007.

Signoret, Simone, 1921-1985.

Criterion Collection (Firm)

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