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   • 8.1/10 8.1/10 IMDb
   • 97% 97% Rotten Tomatoes

   Critics consensus Originally made in 1969, this recently reissued classic is a masterful examination of the inner workings of the World War II resistance efforts. More reviews on Rotten Tomatoes

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   May 21, 2006 · Jean-Pierre Melville's "Army of Shadows" is about members of the French Resistance who persist in the face of despair. Rarely has a film shown so truly that place in the heart where hope lives with fatalism.

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   This adaptation of the book by Joseph Kessel paints an understated, unglamorous portrait of the French Resistance during World World II. Betrayed by an informant, Philippe Gerbier (Lino Ventura ...

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   • Actors: Lino Ventura

   • Director: Jean-Pierre Melville
   • Category: War, History, Drama

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   Army of Shadows Reviews. Jean-Pierre Melville’s most ambitious works. Full Review | Sep 19, 2023. Gaving fought in the Resistance, Melville understands such a state of mind more than any...

5. www.imdb.com › title › tt0064040Army of Shadows (1969) - IMDb

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   Jun 19, 1970 · Army of Shadows: Directed by Jean-Pierre Melville. With Lino Ventura, Paul Meurisse, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Simone Signoret. An account of underground resistance fighters in Nazi-occupied France.

   • 8.1/10 (26K)
   • Genre: Drama, War

   • Director: Jean-Pierre Melville
   • Release Date: 1970-06-19

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   Apr 28, 2006 · Jean-Pierre Melville's ''Army of Shadows'' opens with the startling image of German soldiers marching down the Champs-Élysées, framed by the Arc de Triomphe.

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   Army of Shadows (French: L'Armée des ombres; Italian: L'armata degli eroi) is a 1969 Franco-Italian World War II suspense-drama film written and directed by Jean-Pierre Melville, and starring Lino Ventura, Paul Meurisse, Jean-Pierre Cassel, and Simone Signoret.

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   Is Army of Shadows a good movie?

   • Upon its 2006 release, Roger Ebert added Army of Shadows to his "Great Movies" list, writing: "This restored 35mm print, now in art theaters around the country, may be 37 years old, but it is the best foreign film of the year."

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   Was 'Army of Shadows' a sublime thriller?

   • When "Army of Shadows" was originally released, a French critic wrote that "this Resistance epic was, in the end, a sublime thriller." Melville rejected the comparison, even if it is also entirely possible to see his sublime thrillers as epics of resistance.

   'Army of Shadows' Takes a Hard Look at a Horrible and Marvelous Time

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   Is 'the Shadow Army' a true story?

   • Far from the usual romantic cliches showing handsome young men playing tricks with the Nazis and falling in love with sublime women, the substance of the movie is reality. It depicts a "shadow army" made of courageous men who are ready to sacrifice their lives but are aware of the huge cost they will eventually have to pay.

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   What happens when Melville shows us a hat in Army of Shadows?

   • When a Resistance member walks into a boîte in "Army of Shadows," and Melville shows us a row of Nazi caps neatly lined on a shelf, it's as if he were showing us a cache of weapons. Later this same man will be whisked away by the enemy and lose his own hat in the confusion.

   'Army of Shadows' Takes a Hard Look at a Horrible and Marvelous Time

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   Who plays Philippe Gerbier in 'Army of Shadows'?

   • Lino Ventura plays Philippe Gerbier, immediate commander of a French Resistance group whose leader is largely unknown among the ranks. Jean-Pierre Melville's "Army of Shadows" is about members of the French Resistance who persist in the face of despair. Rarely has a film shown so truly that place in the heart where hope lives with fatalism.

   Army of Shadows movie review & film summary (1969) | Roger Ebert

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   Why is Melville's Army of Shadows so popular?

   • Powerful, solemn, tragic, and cold, Melville's Army of Shadows continues to find supporters due to its stirring depiction of men and women uniting to fight for their country with no expectation of success, reward, or glory. Instead, they do it because they must, if their children are to ever know freedom.

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   Apr 28, 2006 · 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 of its time -- and ours.