Lacombe Lucien (1974) [The Criterion Collection]

Director: Louis Malle
Writers: Louis Malle, Patrick Modiano
Stars: Pierre Blaise, Aurore Clément, Holger Löwenadler

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, the film is a disquieting portrait of lost innocence and guilt.

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