# Army of Shadows (1969)

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**Original title**: *L'Armée des ombres*
**Runtime**: 145 min
**Genres**: War, Drama, Thriller, History
**Directed by**: Jean-Pierre Melville
**Written by**: Jean-Pierre Melville
**Starring**: Lino Ventura, Paul Meurisse, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Simone Signoret, Claude Mann, Paul Crauchet

> *Betrayal. Loyalty. Collaboration. Resistance.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Dawn, Marseilles winter. A single Gestapo heel cracks cobblestone.
One man claws free of a transit cell, his breath still smelling of fear.
Lose the war, lose your shadow first.

**Mood tags**: foreign-gem, dread, raw, slow-burn

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