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The Army of Crime. The Army of Crime ( French: L'Armée du crime) is a 2009 French drama- war film directed by Robert Guédiguian and based on a story by Serge Le Péron, who is also one of three credited for the screenplay. It received a wide release in France on 16 September 2009 and opened in the United States in 2010.
- $9.2 million
- Alexandre Desplat
- Dominique Barneaud
Aug 20, 2010 · Army of Crime: Directed by Robert Guédiguian. With Simon Abkarian, Virginie Ledoyen, Robinson Stévenin, Lola Naymark. The poet Missak Manouchian leads a mixed bag of youngsters and immigrants in a clandestine battle against the Nazi occupation.
- (3.5K)
- Drama, History, War
- Robert Guédiguian
- 2010-08-20
The Army of Crime 2009 2h 19m History Drama War List 88% Tomatometer 34 Reviews 68% Audience Score 1,000+ Ratings Missak Manouchian (Simon Abkarian) was born in Armenia but immigrated to France ...
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- Simon Abkarian
- Robert Guédiguian
- Canal+
ARMY OF CRIME tells an extraordinary true story of the French Resistance during WWII. In German-occupied Paris, poet and factory worker Missak Manouchian (Simon Abkarian) led a courageous group of immigrant fighters to sabotage the Nazi regime. Made up of young Jews, Poles, Hungarians, Romanians, Italians, Spaniards and Armenians, this heroically ragtag group committed nearly all acts of armed ...
Aug 20, 2010 · The Army of Crime - Metacritic. Summary The poet Missak Manouchian leads a mixed bag of youngsters and immigrants in a clandestine battle against the Nazi occupation. Twenty-two men and one woman fighting for an ideal and for freedom. News of their daring attacks, including the assassination of an SS general, eventually reaches Berlin.
- (9)
- Robert Guédiguian
- Not Rated
About. The Army of Crime. DRAMA. Their personal motives are steeped in tragedy. Their objective is to fight tyranny in the name of freedom. Their methods are deadly and explosive. This is the factual, untold story of the FTP-MOI, one of the most notorious and feared sects of the French resistance during WWII. A tense, uncompromising and starkly ...
This gripping historical drama recounts the story of Armenian-born Missak Manouchian, a woodworker and political activist who led an immigrant laborer division of the Parisian Resistance on 30 operations against the Nazis in 1943. The Nazis branded the group an Army of Crime, an anti-immigrant propaganda stunt that backfired as the team's members became martyrs for the Resistance.
