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
Italy
Best movies:
Marie-October (1959)
Witness in the City (1959)
Les Misérables (1982)
Paul Meurisse
France
Best movies:
Marie-October (1959)
Diabolique (1955)
Army of Shadows (1969)
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
German Empire
Best movies:
I Sent a Letter to My Love (1980)
The Confession (1970)
The Cat (1971)
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
France
Best movies:
War of the Buttons (1962)
My Mother's Castle (1990)
My Father's Glory (1990)
Nathalie Delon
Morocco
Best movies:
Army of Shadows (1969)
Le Samouraï (1967)
Bluebeard (1972)
Marco Perrin
France
Best movies:
The Two of Us (1967)
Cop Story (1975)
Army of Shadows (1969)
Albert Michel
France
Best movies:
The King of the Bla Bla Bla (1951)
Agence matrimoniale (1952)
Back to the Wall (1958)
Adrien Cayla-Legrand
France
Best movies:
The Day of the Jackal (1973)
Order of the Daisy (1967)
The Big Restaurant (1966)
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
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
France
Best movies:
The Violent People (1970)
Army of Shadows (1969)
Mother (1991)
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)