The Army Of Crime [DVD]

£7.99 (new & sealed)

French World War II drama chronicling the famous 1944 'Red Poster' case, in which a group of foreign partisans defied French apathy to form their own resistance against the Nazi occupation. Exiled Armenian poet Missak Manouchian (Simon Abkarian) is living in occupied Paris with his wife Melinee (Virginie Ledoyen). Though a pacifist at heart, Manouchian joins the underground resistance in desperation, along with a group of young hothead emigres from around the world.

Initially the Germans rely on the French police to quell the insurgents, but after the murder of a high-ranking general they step up the pressure on Manouchian and his fellow partisans, who are portrayed in Nazi propaganda as 'the army of crime'.

Label: Optimum Home Entertainment
Year: 2009
Runtime: 133
Rating: 15
Release Date: 1st February 2010
Resolution: 576i (PAL)
Screen Ratio: 1.85:1
Audio: French: Dolby Digital 5.1
Languages: French
Subtitles: English
Disks: 1
Extras: Interactive Menus
Scene Access
Bonus Footage
Trailers
Commentary: Professor Ginette Vincendeau (Melville Biographer)
Other Documentary: 'Le Journal de la Resistance'
Region: Region 2
Genres: Drama, Foreign, War, History
Directors: Robert Guédiguian
Actors: Virginie Ledoyen, Simon Abkarian, Robinson Stévenin, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Lola Naymark, Ariane Ascaride, Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet, Yann Tregouet, Ivan Franek, Olga Legrand, Boris Bergman, Patrick Bonnel
Barcode: 5055201809582
Catalogue No.: OPTD1689