An account of underground resistance fighters in Nazi-occupied France.An account of underground resistance fighters in Nazi-occupied France.An account of underground resistance fighters in Nazi-occupied France.
- Awards
- 4 wins & 1 nomination
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Did you know
- TriviaDuring the shooting of this film, Lino Ventura and director Jean-Pierre Melville did not speak to each other; they only communicated through assistants.
- GoofsIn the London WWII sequence, double yellow lines are visible on the road. These were only introduced in the UK in 1956 and didn't become common until the 1960s; a few of the street signs have a style not known before the 1960s.
- Quotes
Philippe Gerbier: See you, Comrade.
Legrain: You a communist?
Philippe Gerbier: No. But I do have comrades.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Mémoires pour Simone (1986)
Featured review
far from fake romanticism
This is probably one of the best fiction movies ever made on the French resistance during Worl War II. Far from the usual romantic cliches showing handsome young men playing tricks with the Nazis and falling in love with sublime women, the substance of the movie is reality. It depicts a "shadow army" made of courageous men who are ready to sacrifice their lives but are aware of the huge cost they will eventually have to pay. It shows the cruel and sometimes inhuman choices they have to make in order to survive. This is a very useful movie that gives a real hint of what resistance truly was.
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- Cath-10
- Nov 7, 1998
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- Also known as
- The Army of Shadows
- Filming locations
- Bunker de l'armée, Saint-Cyr-l'Ecole, Yvelines, France(execution by the Gestapo)
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $771,956
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $12,620
- Apr 30, 2006
- Gross worldwide
- $841,437
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