Directed by:
Jean-Pierre MelvilleScreenplay:
Jean-Pierre MelvilleComposer:
Éric DemarsanCast:
Lino Ventura, Paul Meurisse, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Simone Signoret, Serge Reggiani, Georges Sellier, Paul Crauchet, Nathalie Delon, Marco Perrin, Albert Michel (more)Plots(1)
This masterpiece by Jean-Pierre Melville about the French Resistance went unreleased in the United States for thirty-seven years, until its triumphant theatrical debut in 2006. Atmospheric and gripping, Army of Shadows is Melville’s most personal film, featuring Lino Ventura, Paul Meurisse, Jean-Pierre Cassel, and the incomparable Simone Signoret as intrepid underground fighters who must grapple with their conception of honor in their battle against Hitler’s regime. (Criterion)
(more)Cast
![Lino Ventura](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/087/162087082_605393.jpg)
Lino Ventura
Italy
Best movies:
Marie-October (1959)
Witness in the City (1959)
Les Misérables (1982)
![Paul Meurisse](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/354/354071_244a68.jpg)
Paul Meurisse
France
Best movies:
Marie-October (1959)
Diabolique (1955)
Army of Shadows (1969)
![Jean-Pierre Cassel](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272109_0b563d.jpg)
Jean-Pierre Cassel
France
Best movies:
No Time for Breakfast (1976)
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)
The Meetings of Anna (1978)
![Simone Signoret](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/381/164381939_9cc7fc.png)
Simone Signoret
German Empire
Best movies:
I Sent a Letter to My Love (1980)
The Confession (1970)
The Cat (1971)
![Serge Reggiani](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/726/163726216_bbed5b.png)
Serge Reggiani
Italy
Best movies:
Les Misérables (1958)
Marie-October (1959)
The Last Adventure (1967)
Georges Sellier
France
Best movies:
Army of Shadows (1969)
Doulos: The Finger Man (1962)
Les Visiteurs du Soir (1942)
![Paul Crauchet](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/394/394653_82b504.jpg)
Paul Crauchet
France
Best movies:
War of the Buttons (1962)
My Mother's Castle (1990)
My Father's Glory (1990)
![Nathalie Delon](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/359/359222_2eb2ce.jpg)
Nathalie Delon
Morocco
Best movies:
Army of Shadows (1969)
Le Samouraï (1967)
Bluebeard (1972)
![Marco Perrin](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/102/640/102640886_b8b52c.jpg)
Marco Perrin
France
Best movies:
The Two of Us (1967)
Cop Story (1975)
Army of Shadows (1969)
![Albert Michel](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/022/809/22809440_d3874e.jpg)
Albert Michel
France
Best movies:
The King of the Bla Bla Bla (1951)
Agence matrimoniale (1952)
Back to the Wall (1958)
![Adrien Cayla-Legrand](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/036/677/36677323_14cf9a.jpg)
Adrien Cayla-Legrand
Best movies:
The Day of the Jackal (1973)
Order of the Daisy (1967)
The Big Restaurant (1966)
![Hubert de Lapparent](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/036/677/36677369_06f96d.jpg)
Hubert de Lapparent
France
Best movies:
Agence matrimoniale (1952)
Fantastic Planet (1973)
The Fighting Musketeers (1961)
Jeanne Pérez
France
Best movies:
Army of Shadows (1969)
The Cousins (1959)
Le Beau Serge (1958)
![Alain Mottet](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/051/471/51471369_65c02f.jpg)
Alain Mottet
France
Best movies:
Army of Shadows (1969)
The Fire Within (1963)
My New Partner at the Races (1990)
Marcel Bernier
France
Best movies:
Charade (1963)
Army of Shadows (1969)
Les Grandes Gueules (1965)
![Christian Barbier](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/064/158064353_a2f619.jpg)
Christian Barbier
France
Best movies:
Army of Shadows (1969)
The Violent People (1970)
Mother (1991)
![Claude Mann](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/886/157886912_784236.jpg)
Claude Mann
France
Best movies:
Happy New Year (1973)
The Sleeping Car Murder (1965)
Army of Shadows (1969)
Alain Dekok
France
Best movies:
Army of Shadows (1969)
Cartouche (1962)
The Chasers (1959)
Jean-Marie Robain
France
Best movies:
Order of the Daisy (1967)
Royal Affairs in Versailles (1954)
Army of Shadows (1969)
Pierre Vaudier
Best movies:
The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob (1973)
Army of Shadows (1969)
Is Paris Burning? (1966)