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The Army of Crime

Drama. War Paris, 1941. The poet Missak Manouchian leads a mixed bag of youngsters and émigrès in a clandestine battle against the Nazi occupation. Twenty-two men and one woman fighting for an ideal and for freedom. News of their daring attacks, including the assassination of an SS General, eventually reach Berlin. Under the orders of the Gestapo, the French police and the collaborators hound Manouchian and his Résistants.
Media Author Review
United States
The New York Times
"Was it all for naught? Only weeks after the 23 partisans were arrested (and all but two promptly executed), Paris was liberated. Army of Crime is a passionate act of remembrance." 
United States
San Francisco Chronicle
"It shouldn't be missed." 
United States
Variety
"Guediguian's lengthy period yarn features a wide array of characters filmed with his habitual simpatico eye, but loses the dramatic thread in too many plots, too little action and not enough originality."
United States
The Hollywood Reporter
"Though it drags here and there and is a bit flat in places, the film is solidly made and for the most part quite involving."
United Kingdom
Empire
"Compelling performances and beautifully told heroics but the pacing is flawed in terms of a thrilling cinematic experience"
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