Army of Crime (2009)

France

War, Drama, History

France 3 Cinéma, StudioCanal, Agat Films & Cie / Ex Nihilo

Simon Abkarian, Virginie Ledoyen, Robinson Stévenin, Lola Naymark, Adrien Jolivet, Pierre Niney

Robert Guédiguian

Gilles Taurand, Gilles Taurand

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paris, france, resistance, ss (nazi schutzstaffel), world war ii, nazi officer, armenian genocide

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.

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