Shock Troops (film)

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Shock Troops
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Directed by Costa-Gavras
Written by Jean-Pierre Chabrol
Costa-Gavras
Produced byCosta-Gavras
Starring Charles Vanel
Cinematography Jean Tournier
Edited by Christian Gaudin
Music by Michel Magne
Distributed by Les Artistes Associés
Release date
  • 5 April 1967 (1967-04-05)
Running time
110 minutes
CountriesFrance
Italy
LanguageFrench

Shock Troops (French : Un homme de trop) is a 1967 French-Italian action drama film directed by Costa-Gavras. It was entered into the 5th Moscow International Film Festival. [1] Film producer Harry Saltzman has a "presented by" credit. [2]

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Plot

Set in central France, the film follows a group of French resistance fighters who mount attacks on occupying German forces during World War II. They break into a prison and release some prisoners facing imminent execution, but suspect there may be an informer amongst them. As their campaign continues, they have to decide his fate.

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References

  1. ↑ "5th Moscow International Film Festival (1967)". MIFF. Archived from the original on 16 January 2013. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
  2. ↑ American Film Institute (1997). The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Volume 1, Part 1. University of California Press. p. 981. ISBN   9780520209701.
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