L'armée du crime : Army of crime /

In Paris, 1941, Armenian poet Missak Manouchian leads a motley crew of foreign-born resistance fighters in clandestine battle against the Nazi occupation. An initially reluctant Manouchian and his team must resort to guerilla tactics and radical measures in the name of liberty. News of their daring...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Desplat, Alexandre (Composer, composer (expression),)
Other Authors:	Guédiguian, Robert, 1953- (Director, Producer, Screenwriter), Le Péron, Serge, 1948- (Screenwriter), Taurand, Gilles (Screenwriter), Barneaud, Dominique (Producer), Bordure, Marc (Producer), Ledoyen, Virginie, 1976- (Actor), Abkarian, Simon (Actor), Stévenin, Robinson (Actor), Leprince-Ringuet, Grégoire (Actor), Naymark, Lola (Actor)
Format:	Video DVD
Language:	French German
Language Notes:	In French and German, with optional subtitles in English.
Published:	New York : Kino Lorber, [2011]
Subjects:	Assassins > Drama. World War, 1939-1945 > Underground movements > France. Paris (France) > Drama. World War (1939-1945) Assassins. Underground movements, War. France. France > Paris. 1939 - 1945 Foriegn films. Motion pictures, French. War films. Fiction films. Feature films. Drama.

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Summary:	In Paris, 1941, Armenian poet Missak Manouchian leads a motley crew of foreign-born resistance fighters in clandestine battle against the Nazi occupation. An initially reluctant Manouchian and his team must resort to guerilla tactics and radical measures in the name of liberty. News of their daring attacks, including the assassination of an SS general, eventually reaches Berlin. "Army of Crime tells an extraordinary true story of the French Resistance during WWII."--Container.
Item Description:	From a original idea by Serge Le Péron. DVD release of the 2009 motion picture. Special features; interview with director, Robert Guediguian ; interview with Simon Abkarian and Virginie Ledoye; original theatrical trailer, stills gallery. Videorecording.
Physical Description:	1 videodisc (138 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Playing Time:	02:18:00
Format:	DVD-video; NTSC; anamorphic widescreen (1.85:1) presentation,16x9; Dolby digital 5.1 surround.
Audience:	Not rated.
Awards:	New York Times Critics Pick; Festival de Cannes, unofficial selection, Out of Competition un Certain Regard.
Production Credits:	Director of photography, Pierre Milon ; composer/score, Alexandre Desplat ; editor, Bernard Sasia ; adaptation and dialogue, Gilles Taurand.