Army of Shadows

Army of Shadows French Larme des ombres is a 1969 French film directed by JeanPierre Melville. It is a film adaptation of Joseph Kessels 1943 book of the same name, which blends Kessels own experiences as a member of the French Resistance with fictionalized versions of other Resistance members. Army of Shadows follows a small group of Resistance fighters as they move between safe houses, work with the Allied militaries, kill informers, and attempt to evade the capture and execution that they know is their most likely fate. While portraying its characters as heroic, the film presents a bleak, unromantic view of the Resistance.

Philippe Gerbier Lino Ventura, the head of a Resistance network, is arrested by Vichy French police, imprisoned in a camp, and transported to Paris for questioning. He makes a daring escape.Gerbier manages the resistance network in Marseille. He and three of his men, Flix Lepercq Paul Crauchet, Guillaume Vermersch, a burly veteran known as Le Bison Christian Barbier, and Claude Ullmann, a young recruit known as Le Masque Claude Mann, need to execute one of their own members, a young agent named Paul Dounat, for having betrayed Gerbier. They find the house next door to that they are using occupied, meaning they cannot use their guns. Lacking a decent knife, they strangle him. ........

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