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Army of Shadows

Summary: An account of underground resistance fighters in Nazi-occupied France.

Release Date: June 19, 1970

Genres: Drama, War

Director: Jean-Pierre Melville

Writers: Joseph Kessel

, Jean-Pierre Melville

Runtime: 2 h 25 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Les Films Corona, Fono Roma

Distributor: Rialto Pictures, The Criterion Collection, Universal Pictures

Countries: France, Italy

Language: French

Domestic: $ 771,956

International: $ 69,147

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1940s aerial bombardment air strip airplane ambulance anti nazi antique shop arc de triomphe paris armed resistance arrest automatic weapon baby bakery bar barbed wire barber barber shop barn barracks bartender based on novel beach beaten betrayal big ben black market bombing bound in chains bread british soldier brother brother relationship cafe camp captured car card playing catholic champs elysee paris charles de gaulle chemist cigarette cigarette smoking citroen civil engineer clock collaboration collaborator communist comrade courage courthouse covert cyanide cyanide pill czech dancer dancing death disease disguise doctor dressed in enemy uniform drinking driving a car dying escape espionage execution exercise explosive eyeglasses farm fascist firing squad first person narration flashback flashlight food foreboding france free french french military french resistance gaullist german abroad gestapo government government agency gun gypsy handcuffed behind back handcuffed to a chair handcuffs harpsichord headquarters hideout hotel hotel room husband wife relationship illness imprisoned informant internment camp interrogation intrigue jail jew jitterbug kabyly knife leg iron leg irons london england lyon machine gun male female relationship man wears eyeglasses marcellus marching band marseille france medical school mercedes benz mercy killing mother daughter relationship movie theater multiple narrators murder narrated by protagonist nazi nazi collaborator nazi occupation nazi occupied france nazi soldier nazism oboe occupied france opel opel blitz paddy wagon parachute parachute jump parachuting parachutist paris france pharmacist photograph pole the person political prisoner postscript power plant prison prisoner prisoner of war camp radio radio news railway station rain rationing reference to philippe petain rescue rescue attempt resistance resistance fighter resistance leader restaurant rope ladder rowboat running russian safe house search sentenced to death sentry smoke grenade snowing soldier spaniard stabbed in the neck strangled to death strangulation submarine subway suicide pill suitcase talent agency talent agent teenage girl terrorist three word title timeframe 1940s title same as book torture torture victim train traitor travel traveling salesman trust turning oneself in to the police underground group united kingdom very little dialogue vichy vichy france voice over narration wanted man watching a movie watchtower weapon wehrmacht winter world war two world war two in france year 1942 year 1943

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