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Lacombe, Lucien

Louis Malle

 
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  • France
  • 1974
  • 138 minutes
  • Color
  • 1.66:1
  • French
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  • Spine #329

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 & CreditsOpen

Cast

Lucien LacombePierre Blaise
France Horn Aurore Clément
Albert HornHolger Löwenadler
Bella Horn Thérèse Giehse
Jean-BernardStéphane Bouy

Credits

DirectorLouis Malle
ScreenplayLouis Malle and Patrick Modiano
ProducerLouis Malle and Claude Nedjar
CinematographyTonino Delli Colli
MusicCharles 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

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Lacombe, Lucien

By Pauline KaelMarch 27, 2006

From 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 Read more »