Lacombe, Lucien
A KNOCK OUT. A MAJOR WORK. MALLE SUCCEEDS TRIUMPHANTLY.
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- Drama
- Romance
- War
Overview
In Louis Malle's lauded drama, Lucien Lacombe is a young man living in rural France during World War II who seeks to join the French Resistance. When he is rejected due to his youth, the resentful Lucien allies himself with the Nazis and joins the Gallic arm of their Gestapo. Lucien grows to enjoy the power that comes with his position, but his life is complicated when he falls for France Horn, a beautiful young Jewish woman.
Keywords
- war crimes
- children in wartime
- french gestapo
- maquis
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- January 30, 1974
- Original language
- French
- Spoken languages
- English, French, German
- Countries
- Germany, France, Italy
- Production
- Nouvelles Éditions de Films (NEF),Vides Cinematografica,Hallelujah-Film GmbH,Nouvelles Éditions de Films
- Cast
- Pierre Blaise,Aurore Clément,Holger Löwenadler,Therese Giehse,Stéphane Bouy,Loumi Iacobesco,René Bouloc,Jean Rougerie,Pierre Decazes,Jacqueline Staupand 19 more
- Director
- Louis Malle
- Writer
- Louis Malle,Patrick Modiano
- Producer
- Claude Nedjar,Louis Malle
- Cinematography
- Tonino Delli Colli
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- IMDb
- tt0071733