Jean-Pierre Melville, 1969, 145 min.
France, The Resistance: an escape from the Gestapo, so sudden and hairsbreadth as to leave the toughest of tough guys gasping with the icy sweat of terror and relief; two brothers remain unaware, to the end, of each other’s clandestine activities; patriots, who, in relentless pursuit of traitors, must steel themselves to the most brutal of face-to-face violence. Gallic icon LinoVentura (Elevator to the Gallows, Classe Tous Risques), aided by compatriots including maitresse of disguise Simone Signoret, goes underground in the face of the German Occupation—but heroism can come at a truly high price.
For Melville — who was born Jean-Pierre Grumbach to a Jewish family in Alsace and was himself a member of the Resistance — the film had a profoundly personal meaning.
Watch the trailer here.
This screening is made possible by the generous support of the Knapp Family Foundation and Albertine Cinémathèque. Albertine Cinémathèque is part of the French for All initiative by Villa Albertine and Albertine Foundation and is made possible by the support of the Centre National du Cinema et de l’Image Animée (CNC).
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