L'armée des ombres = Army of shadows /

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Bibliographic Details
Imprint:	[United States] : Criterion Collection, [2007]
Description:	2 videodiscs (145 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 guide (41 p. : ports. ; 19 cm.)
Language:	French
Series:	The Criterion collection ; 385 Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 385.
Subject:	Kessel, Joseph, -- 1898-1979. German Occupation of France (1940-1945) World War (1939-1945) World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- France -- Drama. Guerrillas -- France -- Drama. Collaborationists. Guerrillas. Underground movements, War. France -- History -- German occupation, 1940-1945 -- Drama. France. Feature films. War films. Foreign films. Fiction films. Drama. Feature films. Film adaptations. History. War films.
Format:	DVD Video
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6694568

Hidden Bibliographic Details
Varying Form of Title:	Army of shadows
Other title:	Jean-Pierre Melville et "L'armée des ombres." Journal de la Résistance.
Other uniform titles:	Ventura, Lino, 1919-1987. Meurisse, Paul, 1913-1979. Cassel, Jean-Pierre, 1932-2007 Signoret, Simone, 1921-1985 Crauchet, Paul. Mann, Claude. Barbier, Christian, 1924- Reggiani, Serge. Dorfmann, Jacques. Melville, Jean-Pierre, 1917-1973. Lhomme, Pierre, 1930-2019 Bonnot, Françoise, 1939-2018 De Marsan, Eric. Kessel, Joseph, 1898-1979. Armée des ombres.
Other authors / contributors:	Janus Films. Films Corona. Rialto Pictures LLC Criterion Collection (Firm) Studio Canal.
ISBN:	1934121487 9781934121481
Notes:	Originally produced as a motion picture in 1969. Based on the novel by Joseph Kessell. Disc 1 contains: New high-definition digital transfer of the 2004 restoration, supervised by director of photography Pierre Lhomme and Studio Canal. Special features: Audio commentary by film historian Ginette Vincendeau; new interviews with Lhomme and editor Francoise Bonnot; archival video excerpts, including on-set footage and interviews with Mellville, cast members, writer Joseph Kessel, and real-life Resistance fighters; "Jean-Pierre Melville et 'L'armée des ombres'" (2005), a short program on the director and his film; "Le journal de las Résistance" (1944), a rare short documentary shot on the front lines of the final days of German-occupied France; and a film restoration demonstration by Lhomme. Director of photography, Pierre Lhomme ; editor, Francoise Bonnot ; music, Eric De Marsan. Lino Ventura, Paul Meurisse, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Simone Signoret, Paul Crauchet, Claude Mann, Christian Barbier, Serge Reggiani. DVD, region 1, widescreen (1.85:1) presentation; Dolby Digital mono., Dolby Digital stereo. In French with optional English subtitles.
Summary:	A civil engineer who is one of the French Resistance's chiefs is given away by a traitor and interned in a camp.
Standard no.:	715515023726
Publisher's no.:	CC1693D Criterion Collection

Review by Library Journal Review

French Resistance fighters put up a heroic if often doomed effort against their Nazi occupiers in Jean-Pierre Melville's stately paced but involving drama. Starkly photographed in chilly shades of blue and gray, this highly personal work from the acclaimed director of Bob le Flambeur and Le Cercle Rouge strikes a fatalistic note that is driven home by the vulnerability of an inspirational Resistance leader, played by the incomparable Simone Signoret. For most collections. (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

Review by Library Journal Review

L'armée des ombres = Army of shadows /

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