| Product Summary | | Publisher: Image | | Format: DVD | | UPC: 00037429212424 | | Buy.com Sku: 202176711 | | Item#: V27WQE | | Buy.com Sales Rank: 26208 | | Category Keywords: Coming Of Age France | Rating:  |
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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's horrific coming-of-age, the film is a disquieting portrait of lost innocence and guilt.System Requirements:Running Time 138 Mins.Format: DVD MOVIE
"Subtle, complex tale of guilt, innocence, and the amorality of power; masterfully directed. " Leonard Maltin's Movie & Video Guide
Editor's Note
This unflinching film by legendary director Louis Malle was one of the first of its time to openly discuss the troublesome issue of French collaboration with the Nazis during World War II. It follows an innocent young man (the very talented Pierre Blaise, who was killed in a car accident a year after the movie was made), who's looking for adventure and a sense of self-worth as he thinks about joining the French Resistance--but ends up as a member of the Gestapo instead. Quite controversial on its original release in 1974, the film uses its main character's journey as a prism for examining the moral ambiguity and guilt of France's war years.
| Features | Audio: French Dolby Digital Mono | | Interactive Menus | | Original Theatrical Trailer | | Pauline Kael's 1974 New Yorker Review | | Scene Selection | | Subtitles: English |
| Technical Info
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Release Information
| | Studio: Image |
| Release Date: 3/28/2006 |
| Running Time: 138 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1974 | | Catalog ID: 070DVD | | UPC: 00037429212424 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: French | | Available Audio Tracks: French | | Available Subtitles: English | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | Anamorphic Widescreen 1.66:1 |
| Cast & Crew
| Awards |
Winner (1975) | | | British Academy Awards, "Lacombe, Lucien", Best Film | | | British Academy Awards, "Lacombe, Lucien", UN Award | |
Nominee (1975) | | | British Academy Awards, Louis Malle, Best Direction | | | British Academy Awards, "Louis Malle, Patrick Modiano", Best Screenplay | | | Golden Globe, "Lacombe, Lucien", Best Foreign Film | | | Oscar, "Lacombe, Lucien", Best Foreign Language Film |
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| | Professional Reviews | Sight and Sound
"[With] great performances, and includes some of the most vividly sketched screen characters of the 1970s." 05/01/2006 p.87USA Today
"Louis Malle's most powerful movie tackles discomforting French history with dead-on objectivity, which only intensifies its punch..." 03/31/2006 p.3E Movie & Video Guide 10 of 10
Brilliant, perceptive account of opportunist French peasant Blaise, who joins the Gestapo during the Nazi Occupation - after setting out to join the Resistance - and falls in love with a Jewish tailor's daughter. Subtle, complex tale of guilt, innocence, and the amorality of power; masterfully directed. - Leonard Maltin
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