The Army of Shadows (1969)
Directed by Jean-Pierre Melville · Cinematography by Walter Wottitz, Pierre Lhomme
145 min64 frames
WarDramaThriller
Betrayal. Loyalty. Collaboration. Resistance.
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What is The Army of Shadows about?
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.
Army of Shadows is a 1969 Franco-Italian World War II suspense-drama film written and directed by Jean-Pierre Melville, and starring Lino Ventura, Paul Meurisse, Jean-Pierre Cassel, and Simone Signoret. It is an adaptation of Joseph Kessel's 1943 book of the same name, which mixes Kessel's experiences as a member of the French Resistance with fictional versions of other Resistance members.
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Sampled across 59 frames, the coverage of The Army of Shadows leans on wide compositions (39% of the sample) and medium shots (37%). Cinematographer Walter Wottitz keeps 56% of it in soft, low-key light. Night and dusk account for 47% of the frames. Vintage glass shapes the frame. Deep focus keeps foreground and background readable at once in 56% of the frames. The production design places the film in the 1940s.
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