Lacombe, Lucien

Movie

Lacombe, Lucien

Drama

War

In Louis Malle's lauded drama, Lucien Lacombe is a young man living in rural France during World War II who seeks to join the French Resistance. When he is rejected due to his youth, the resentful Lucien allies himself with the Nazis and joins the Gallic arm of their Gestapo. Lucien grows to enjoy the power that comes with his position, but his life is complicated when he falls for France Horn, a beautiful young Jewish woman.

Date: 01/30/1974

Rating: 7.0

Cast: Pierre Blaise, Aurore Clément, Holger Löwenadler, Therese Giehse, Stéphane Bouy, Loumi Iacobesco, René Bouloc, Jean Rougerie, Pierre Decazes, Jacqueline Staup, Cécile Ricard, Ave Ninchi, Pierre Saintons, Jacques Rispal, Gilberte Rivet, Jean Bousquet, Franz Rudnick, Jean-Louis Blum, Claude Marcan, Jean Maurat, Gabriel Cabessut, Mimi Juskiewenski, Albert Tillet, René Thauran, Philippe Henriot, Jean Mourat, Roger Riffard, Walter Seldmayer, René Thouron

Pierre Blaise