Army of shadows = L'armée des ombres

Follows a group of French resistance fighters during World War II as they face capture, escape, and a traitor.

Main Author:	Demarsan, Eric, 1938- (Composer)
Other Authors:	Melville, Jean-Pierre, 1917-1973 (Screenwriter, Director), Dorfmann, Jacques (Producer), Lhomme, Pierre, 1930-2019 (Cinematographer), Bonnot, Françoise, 1939-2018 (Film editor), Ventura, Lino, 1919-1987 (Actor), Meurisse, Paul, 1913-1979 (Actor), Cassel, Jean-Pierre, 1932-2007 (Actor), Signoret, Simone, 1921-1985 (Actor), Mann, Claude (Actor), Crauchet, Paul (Actor), Barbier, Christian, 1924- (Actor), Reggiani, Serge (Actor), Kessel, Joseph, 1898-1979.
Format:	Videos DVD
Language:	French English
Published:	New York, NY : Criterion Collection, [2020]
Series:	Criterion collection ; 385.
Subjects:	Kessel, Joseph, > 1898-1979 > Film adaptations. World War, 1939-1945 > Underground movements > France > Drama. Guerrillas > France > Drama. World War, 1939-1945 > Collaborationists > Drama. France > History > German occupation, 1940-1945 > Drama. Film adaptations. War films. Historical films. Feature films. Fiction films. Video, French.

Summary:	Follows a group of French resistance fighters during World War II as they face capture, escape, and a traitor.
Item Description:	Title from title frame. Based on the novel by Joseph Kessel. Originally released as a motion picture in 1969. Essay by critic Amy Taubin in container. Features: audio commentary from 2006 featuring film scholar Ginette Vincendeau; interviews from 2007 with Lhomme and editor Françoise Bonnot; on-set footage and excerpts from archival interviews with director Jean-Pierre Melville, cast members, author Joseph Kessel, and real-life Resistance fighters; Jean-Pierre Melville et L'armée des ombres" (2005), a short program on the director and his film; Le journal de la Résistance (1944), a rare short documentary shot on the front lines during the final days of the German occupation of France; restoration demonstration by Lhomme; trailers.
Physical Description:	2 videodiscs (145 min.) : DVD video, sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 insert
Format:	DVD; Region 1, NTSC; 1.0 Dolby Digital mono., 2.0 Dolby Digital stereo; widescreen presentation, aspect ratio 1.85:1; enhanced for 16:9 televisions; new high-definition digital transfer.
Audience:	MPAA rating: Not rated.
Production Credits:	Directeur de la photographie, Pierre L'Homme ; montage [editor], Françoise Bonnot ; musique, Eric De Marsan ; decors, Théobald Meurisse ; conseiller aux dialogues ét́rangers, Howard Vernon.
ISBN:	1681436914 9781681436913