Lacombe, Lucien
By March 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 »
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.
| Lucien Lacombe | Pierre Blaise |
| France Horn | Aurore Clément |
| Albert Horn | Holger Löwenadler |
| Bella Horn | Thérèse Giehse |
| Jean-Bernard | Stéphane Bouy |
| 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 |
By March 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 »