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France Histoire 1940-1945 (Occupation allemande) France History 1940-1945, German occupation Drama Guerrillas France Drama Guérillas France Films Longs métrages France Longs métrages Italie Suicide France Drama Trials (Murder) France Drama War World War, 1939-1945 Underground movements DramaFilter By Subjects
France Histoire 1940-1945 (Occupation allemande) France History 1940-1945, German occupation Drama Guerrillas France Drama Guérillas France Films Longs métrages France Longs métrages Italie Suicide France Drama Trials (Murder) France Drama War World War, 1939-1945 Underground movements DramaSummary: L'Armee des Ombres is a stark and unvarnished story about Resistance fighters in Vichy France in 1942-43 when the French leadership allowed the Nazis to occupy the country. The members of this army are cold, hungry, desperate men and women, with false names and no addresses, who can be betrayed in an instant by a traitor or an accident. They know they will probably die. A meditation on the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2007
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN ARMSummary: Beautiful, troubled Dominique Marceau came to bohemian Paris to escape the suffocation of provincial life, only to wind up in a courtroom, accused of a terrible crime: the murder of her lover. As the trial commences and the lawyers begin tangling over Dominique's fate, Henri-Georges Clouzot's Oscar-nominate film delves into her past, reconstructing her struggle to find a foothold in the city.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: The Criterion Collection 2019