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FRANCE · 1969
L’Armée des ombres
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.
Cinematic DNA
J'ai voulu faire un film de guerre avec l'âme d'un film de gangsters, un peu comme Melville avec L'Armée des ombres.
I wanted to make a war film with the soul of a gangster film, somewhat like Melville with L'Armée des ombres.
— Quentin Tarantino · Libération
More from Jean-Pierre Melville
France · French New Wave
Films with Similar Themes
French Resistance · Nazi occupation · Betrayal and revenge · Prison escape · Espionage and paranoia
