Army of Shadows (Criterion Collection) (1969) on DVD

Actor: Bob Hope, Signe Hasso, William Bendix, George Coulouris, George Zucco
Director: Sidney Lanfield
Genre: Comedy
Year: 1947
Studio: Universal
Length: 75
Released: 10/30/2015
Rating: Not Rated (MPAA Rating)
Format: DVD
Misc/Special Features: Subtitled, NTSC, High-definition digital restoration, supervised by director of photography Pierre Lhomme, Audio commentary, short programs, and documentaries, On-set footage and excerpts from archival interviews with director Jean-Pierre Melville and the cast, Restoration demonstration by Lhomme.
Language: English
Subtitles : Yes

DESCRIPTION:

The most personal film by the underworld poet Jean-Pierre Melville, who had participated in the French Resistance himself, this tragic masterpiece, based on a novel by Joseph Kessel, recounts the struggles and sacrifices of those who fought in the Resistance. Lino Ventura, Paul Meurisse, Jean-Pierre Cassel, and the incomparable Simone Signoret star as intrepid underground fighters who must grapple with their conception of honor in their battle against Hitler's regime. Long underappreciated in France and unseen in the United States, the atmospheric and gripping thriller Army of Shadows is now widely recognized as the summit of Melville's career, channeling the exquisite minimalism of his gangster films to create an unsparing tale of defiance in the face of seemingly insurmountable odds.