Synopsis
One of the first French films to address the issue of collaboration during the German occupation, Louis Malle’s brave and controversial Lacombe, Lucien traces a young peasant’s journey from potential Resistance member to Gestapo recruit. At once the story of a nation and one troubled boy, the film is a disquieting portrait of lost innocence and guilt.
Cast
| Lucien Lacombe | Pierre Blaise |
| France Horn | Aurore Clément |
| Albert Horn | Holger Löwenadler |
| Bella Horn | Thérèse Giehse |
| Jean-Bernard | Stéphane Bouy |
Credits
| Director | Louis Malle |
| Screenplay | Louis Malle and Patrick Modiano |
| Producer | Louis Malle and Claude Nedjar |
| Cinematography | Tonino Delli Colli |
| Music | Charles Gounod and Django Reinhardt |
Disc Features
- New, restored high-definition digital transfer
- Original theatrical trailer
- Pauline Kael’s 1974 New Yorker review
- New and improved English subtitle translation
From the Current
Lacombe, Lucien
by Mar 27, 2006From Pauline Kael's 1974 New Yorker review. Reprinted with permission from the New Yorker. Introducing himself to a delicate, fine-boned parisienne, the farm-boy hero of Louis Malle’s new movie does not give his name as Lucien Lacombe; he gives the bureaucratic designation—Lacombe...
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