Head writer Joseph Kessel and co-writer/director Jean-Pierre Melville were both veterans of the "Shadow Army".

Army of Shadows - Atmospheric and gripping - the story of brave resistance fighters in WWII.Witness the constant threat of capture faced by the men and women risking their lives to defy the Nazi ...

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, channelling ...