L'armée du crime (2009)
Release Year: 2009
Nation: France
Alternative Title: Forbryderhæren, The Army of Crime, O stratos ton eglimation, A bűn serege, Armia zbrodni, O Exército do Crime, Suç Ordusu, Army of Crime
Director: Robert Guédiguian
Writer: Gilles Taurand, Robert Guédiguian, Serge Le Péron
Production & Genre
Producer: N/A
Companies: France 3 Cinéma, StudioCanal, Agat Films & Cie / Ex Nihilo
Budget: 10.000.000
Awards & Similar
Awards: N/A
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Keywords
Keywords: paris, france, resistance, ss (nazi schutzstaffel), world war ii, nazi officer, armenian genocide
Story
This gripping historical drama recounts the story of Armenian-born Missak Manouchian, a woodworker and political activist who led an immigrant laborer division of the Parisian Resistance on 30 operations against the Nazis in 1943. The Nazis branded the group an Army of Crime, an anti-immigrant propaganda stunt that backfired as the team's members became martyrs for the Resistance.
Summary
In 1943 Paris, Armenian-born Missak Manouchian, a skilled woodworker and passionate activist, helmed a diverse Resistance unit comprised of immigrant laborers. Dubbed the 'Army of Crime' by Nazi propaganda, their 30 operations against occupation forces saw them become unlikely martyrs for French liberty. Led by the poet Manouchian, this clandestine group of youth and immigrants fought fearlessly for freedom, their daring acts – including an SS general's assassination – echoing all the way to Berlin.
