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The Army of Crime

(L’armée du crime)

Synopsis

In German-occupied Paris, factory worker and poet Missak Manouchian leads a disparate group of immigrant resistance fighters in their underground struggle to free France. Army of Crime recounts their heroic actions in magnificent period detail.

 

Reviews

"Compelling performances and beautifully told heroics" Phil de Semlyen, Empire

"A sombre and gripping account of guerrilla fighters in Paris during the Nazi occupation ****" Anthony Quinn, The Independent

"His film is always fascinating and is a crucial, stirring addition to the cinema about wartime France." Dave Calhoun, Time Out London

LAST SEEN

This film was last shown at Cornerhouse on Thu 15 Oct 2009

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Language
French
Actors
Virginie Ledoyen, Simon Abkarian
Country
France
Director
Robert Guédiguian