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A 1974 French war drama film by Louis Malle about a French teenage boy who collaborates with the Gestapo during World War II. The film explores the themes of innocence, guilt, love and betrayal in a turbulent historical context.
A 1974 film by Louis Malle based on a novel by Patrick Modiano. It depicts the story of a young boy who works for the Gestapo in occupied France and falls in love with a Jewish girl.
A young Frenchman joins the Gestapo in occupied France and falls in love with a Jewish girl. Louis Malle's film explores the moral ambiguity and selfishness of his protagonist, who is a victim of his own ignorance and provincialism.
A young peasant becomes a Gestapo recruit in this controversial film by Louis Malle, one of the first to explore the issue of collaboration during the German occupation. The film is a portrait of lost innocence and guilt, and a story of a nation and a boy.
Mar 27, 2006 · Kael praises Malle's film as a restrained and intelligent exploration of the banality of evil, focusing on the face and mind of a teenage collaborator. She analyzes the characters, the situation, and the themes of the film, based on Patrick Modiano's novel.
In Louis Malle's lauded drama, Lucien Lacombe (Pierre Blaise) is a young man living in rural France during World War II who seeks to join the French Resistance....
Having failed to join the resistance, the 18 year old Lucien Lacombe, whose father is a prisoner in Germany and whose mother dates her employer, works for the German police. He then meets France Horn, the daughter of a rich Jewish tailor.
