Lacombe, Lucien

Original title: Lacombe Lucien

1974
R
2h 18m

IMDb RATING

7.6/10

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Pierre Blaise and Aurore Clément in Lacombe, Lucien (1974)

In 1944, an 18-year old boy from small-town France, collaborates with the Nazi-regime and subsequently falls in love with a Jewish girl.

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In 1944, an 18-year-old boy from small-town France collaborates with the Gestapo and subsequently falls in love with a Jewish girl.In 1944, an 18-year-old boy from small-town France collaborates with the Gestapo and subsequently falls in love with a Jewish girl.In 1944, an 18-year-old boy from small-town France collaborates with the Gestapo and subsequently falls in love with a Jewish girl.

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IMDb RATING

7.6/10

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 7 wins & 6 nominations total

Trivia
The film showed a more accurate depiction of the ratio of collaborators to resistance, unlike many other French-produced films, which suggest there were very few collaborators because of the sense of betrayal they would have felt.

Goofs
When Lucien goes back to the hotel early morning, modern red no parking signs are visible on garage doors.

Quotes
Albert Horn, the tailor: [to Lucien] It's very strange. Somehow I can't bring myself to completely despise you.

Connections
Featured in Arena: My Dinner with Louis (1984)

Soundtracks
Minor Swing
Music by Django Reinhardt and Stéphane Grappelli

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A powerful film about a grim historical period.

I think this film was the one that really opened my eyes as to just how horrible life was in France under the German occupation and led to my great interest in almost any film depicting the era, or even better, newsreels.

A young man develops the power of life or death over others by "accidentally" joining the Gestapo-even the French police are forced to defer to him. We see the casual brutality of the French Gestapo, the tell-tale denunciation letters, the deportation of Jews.

An excellent portrait of how unpleasant everyday life could be under the occupation-a fascinatingly horrible historical period.