Army of Shadows (1969) ★ 7.9122h25

Name: Army of Shadows
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Released: 1969
Rating: 7.9
Cast: Lino Ventura, Paul Meurisse, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Simone Signoret, Claude Mann

Drama · Thriller

Director Jean-Pierre Melville (7.5 avg)

Also directed Le Samouraï, Le Cercle Rouge, Le Doulos, and 11 more

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.

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Cast

Lino Ventura
Paul Meurisse
Jean-Pierre Cassel
Simone Signoret
Claude Mann
Paul Crauchet
Christian Barbier

Army of Shadows (1969) ★ 7.9122h25

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