---
title: 'Army of Shadows (1969)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Jean-Pierre Melville'
released: '1969-09-12'
runtime_minutes: 138
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'War'
countries:
  - 'France'
  - 'Italy'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/army-of-shadows-1969'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064040/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Army of Shadows (1969)

1969 · 138 min · Drama, War · France, Italy

Original title: L'Armée des ombres

## Synopsis

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.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Jean-Pierre Melville](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-pierre-melville)
- **Screenplay:** [Jean-Pierre Melville](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-pierre-melville)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Éric Demarsan](https://cinepixo.com/people/eric-demarsan)
- **Producer:** [Robert Dorfmann](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-dorfmann)
- **Director of Photography:** [Pierre Lhomme](https://cinepixo.com/people/pierre-lhomme)
- **Editor:** [Françoise Bonnot](https://cinepixo.com/people/francoise-bonnot)

## Cast

- [Simone Signoret](https://cinepixo.com/people/simone-signoret)
- [Alain Libolt](https://cinepixo.com/people/alain-libolt)
- [Hubert de Lapparent](https://cinepixo.com/people/hubert-de-lapparent)
- [Jacques Marbeuf](https://cinepixo.com/people/jacques-marbeuf)
- [Jean-Pierre Cassel](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-pierre-cassel)
- [Marco Perrin](https://cinepixo.com/people/marco-perrin)
- [Albert Michel](https://cinepixo.com/people/albert-michel)
- [Paul Crauchet](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-crauchet)
- [Gaston Meunier](https://cinepixo.com/people/gaston-meunier)
- [Claude Mann](https://cinepixo.com/people/claude-mann)
- [Nathalie Delon](https://cinepixo.com/people/nathalie-delon)
- [Alain Dekok](https://cinepixo.com/people/alain-dekok)
- [Paul Meurisse](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-meurisse)
- [Alain Mottet](https://cinepixo.com/people/alain-mottet)
- [Georges Sellier](https://cinepixo.com/people/georges-sellier)

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Official site: http://rialtopictures.com/shadows.html
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/army-of-shadows-1969
Film facts: Wikidata (Q681225); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.