The Army of CrimeDirected by Robert Guédiguian
Produced by Agat Films & Cie
Genres : Fiction - Runtime : 2 h 19 min
French release : 16/09/2009
Production year : 2008
DirectorActorsSynopsisIn a Paris occupied by the Germans, the worker poet Missak Manouchian becomes the leader of a group of very young Jews, Hungarians, Poles, Romanians, Spaniards, Italians, and Armenians determined to fight to liberate the France that they love, the one of Human Rights. Underground, risking their lives, they become heroes. The attacks of these foreign partisans plague the Nazis and the collaborators. So the French police goes wild, increasing their officers on the beat, tailing possible suspects, using blackmail and torture, and encouraging anonymous denunciations. Twenty-two men and a woman will be condemned to death in February 1944. In a final propaganda campaign, they well be presented as an Army of Crime and their faces, inset against red backgrounds, will be posted on walls throughout the cities and towns of France. These immigrants, who died for the nation, enter into legend. This film recounts their moving and tragic story. Production photos (8)
Press book (1)Production and distributionAssociate production company : Agat Films & Cie
Co-production : Studiocanal, France 3 Cinéma
Film export/Foreign Sales : Studiocanal
French distribution : Studiocanal
Full creditsExecutive Producers : Dominique Barneaud, Marc Bordure, Robert Guédiguian
Assistant Director : Jean-Christophe Delpias
Author of original work : Serge Le Peron
Screenwriters : Serge Le Peron, Gilles Taurand, Robert Guédiguian
Director of Photography : Pierre Milon
Sound Recordists : Laurent Lafran, Gérard Lamps
Production Manager : Malek Hamzaoui
Press Attaché (film) : Marie-Christine Damiens
Editor : Bernard Sasia
Production Designer : Michel Vandestien
Music Composer : Alexandre Desplat
Costume Designer : Juliette Chanaud
Technical detailsFeature film
Genres : Fiction
Production language : French
Nationality : 100% French (France)
Production year : 2008
French release : 16/09/2009
Runtime : 2 h 19 min
Current status : Released
Visa number : 119.984
Visa issue date : 16/09/2009
Approval : Yes
Production formats :
35mm
Screening format :
35mm
Color type : Color
Aspect ratio : 1.85
Sound format : Dolby DTS
Festival Selections (13)Delegations (1) | 
Iphone App
