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A Balasaur Score of 88 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 8.1/10, Rotten Tomatoes 97%, Metacritic 99/100. Critics rate it 18 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 96% of the 119 1960s war movies in this catalog.
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.
Ratings
IMDb8.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes97%
Metacritic99/100
Critics rate it 18 points higher than audiences do.
773 audience votes
Key crew
- Jean-Pierre MelvilleDirector
- Éric DemarsanOriginal Music Composer
- Jean-Pierre MelvilleScreenplay
Cast
- Lino VenturaPhilippe Gerbier
- Paul MeurisseLuc Jardie
- Jean-Pierre CasselJean-François Jardie
- Simone SignoretMathilde
- Claude MannClaude Ullman / Le Masque
- Paul CrauchetFélix Lepercq
- Christian BarbierGuillaume Vermesch / Le Bison
- Alain DekokLegrain
- Alain LiboltPaul Dounat
- Jean-Marie RobainBaron de La Ferté-Talloires
- Albert MichelGendarme
- Georges SellierColonel Jarret du Plessis
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Themes
czechparis, francebased on novel or booknazimarseille, francevichy regimeconcentration campworld war iifrench resistancegerman occupation1940s
The Best Movies of 1969
Army of Shadows is #1 of 60
