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Army of Shadows

1969 film directed by Jean-Pierre Melville
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Summary

Army of Shadows is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,237 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Director: Jean-Pierre Melville[3]
  • Screenwriter: Jean-Pierre Melville[4]
  • Composer: Éric Demarsan[5]
  • Genre: drama film[6], war film[7]
  • Based on: L'Armée des ombres (roman)[8]
  • Cast member: Lino Ventura[9], Simone Signoret[10], Paul Meurisse[11], Jean-Pierre Cassel[12], Serge Reggiani[13], Paul Crauchet[14], André Dewavrin[15], Nathalie Delon[16], Adrien Cayla-Legrand[17], Alain Dekok[18], Alain Libolt[19], Alain Mottet[20], Albert Michel[21], Christian Barbier[22]
  • Producer: Robert Dorfmann[23]
  • Director of photography: Pierre Lhomme[24]
  • Original language of film or TV show: French[25]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[26]
  • Review score: 97%[27], 8.6/10[28], 99/100[29], 8.1/10[30]
  • Color: color[31]
  • Country of origin: France[32], Italy[33]
  • Publication date: September 12, 1969[34], May 30, 1970[35], June 19, 1970[36], September 17, 1970[37], October 6, 1970[38], November 12, 1970[39], January 7, 1971[40], March 29, 1971[41], April 2, 1971[42], December 5, 1971[43], June 19, 1972[44], April 18, 1975[45], January 20, 1978[46], June 23, 1978[47]
  • Distributed by: Cecchi Gori Group[48]
  • Narrative location: London[49], Paris[50], Lyon[51], Marseille[52]
  • Official website: http://rialtopictures.com/shadows.html[53]
  • Filming location: Lyon[54], 16th arrondissement of Paris[55], Studios de la Victorine[56], Fort de Cormeilles-en-Parisis[57]
  • Main subject: World War II[58], French Resistance[59]
  • Film editor: Françoise Bonnot[60]
  • Described by source: AWFJ’s Top 100 Films List[61]
  • Executive producer: Jean-Pierre Melville[62]
  • Title: L'Armée des ombres[63]

Why It Matters

Army of Shadows has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[64] It is known by 40 alternative names across languages and contexts.[65]

Related Entities

film France Italy Jean-Pierre Cassel Jean-Pierre Melville Lino Ventura London Nathalie Delon Serge Reggiani Simone Signoret

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [64] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [65] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · Mullanur · 2026-08-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Rars rating → 16+
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  2. 6w ago · Schemathings · 2026-08-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    After a work by → Joseph Kessel
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  3. 6w ago · MsMorale · 2026-08-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  4. 6w ago · Schemathings · 2026-08-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Set in period → 1943, World War II, 20th century +1
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  5. 7w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Filmová databáze film id → 1006
    Set in period → 1943, World War II, 20th century +1
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  6. 8w ago · Schemathings · 2026-08-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Set in period → 1943, World War II, 20th century +1
    Logo image → L'Armée des ombres Logo.svg
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  7. 15w ago · Rémi sim · 2026-06-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14551 → larmee-des-ombres
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ P14551: larmee-des-ombres, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/295966398|L’armée Des Ombres (#295966398)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8091|Il"
  8. 15w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Set in period → 1943, World War II, 20th century +1
    Described by source → AWFJ’s Top 100 Films List
    Publication date → +1969-09-12T00:00:00Z, +1970-05-30T00:00:00Z, +1970-06-19T00:00:00Z +12
    Screenwriter → Jean-Pierre Melville
    + 31 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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