Army of Shadows poster
Director Jean-Pierre Melville
Screenplay Jean-Pierre Melville

Army of Shadows

Original Title: L'Armée des ombres

Tagline: Betrayal. Loyalty. Collaboration. Resistance.

Release Date: 1969-09-10

Duration: 145 minutes

Synopsis

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.

Casting

  • Nathalie Delon
    Jean-François' Friend (uncredited)
  • Simone Signoret
    Mathilde
  • Lino Ventura
    Philippe Gerbier
  • Paul Crauchet
    Félix Lepercq
  • Jean-Pierre Cassel
    Jean-François Jardie
  • Marco Perrin
    Octave Bonnafous
  • Claude Mann
    Claude Ullman / The Mask
  • Christian Barbier
    Guillaume Vermesch / The Buffalo
  • Alain Libolt
    Paul Dounat
  • Serge Reggiani
    Hairdresser