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.
Cast
Pierre Blaise
Lucien Lacombe
Aurore Clément
France Horn
Holger Löwenadler
Albert Horn
Therese Giehse
La Grand-mère
Stéphane Bouy
Jean-Bernard
Loumi Iacobesco
Betty Beaulieu
René Bouloc
Faure
Jean Rougerie
Tonin
Pierre Decazes
Aubert
Jacqueline Staup
Melle Chauvelot
Cécile Ricard
Marie
Ave Ninchi
Mme Georges
Pierre Saintons
Hippolyte
Jacques Rispal
Propiétaire
Gilberte Rivet
Mére de Lucien
Jean Bousquet
Peyssac
Franz Rudnick
Unknown
Jean-Louis Blum
Unknown
Claude Marcan
Unknown
Jean Maurat
Unknown
Gabriel Cabessut
Unknown
Mimi Juskiewenski
Unknown
Albert Tillet
Unknown
René Thauran
Unknown
Philippe Henriot
Self (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
Jean Mourat
(uncredited)
Roger Riffard
(uncredited)
Walter Seldmayer
(uncredited)
René Thouron
(uncredited)
Crew
Louis Malle
Director, Writer, Producer
Patrick Modiano
Writer
Suzanne Baron
Editor
Reine Wekstein
Assistant Editor
Tonino Delli Colli
Director of Photography
Marc Grunebaum
Assistant Director
Jean-Pierre Dion
Assistant Director
Claude Nedjar
Producer
Ghislain Uhry
Production Design
Patrice Wyers
Camera Operator
Daniel Barrau
Assistant Camera
François Catonné
Assistant Camera
Catherine Vernoux
Casting
Corinne Jorry
Costume Design
Geneviève Tonnelier
Wardrobe Designer
Jeanine Fauvel
Wardrobe Designer
Janou Pottier
Hairstylist
Thi-Loan Nguyen
Makeup Artist
Nara Kollery
Sound Mixer
Jean-Claude Laureux
Sound Engineer
Michel Vionnet
Boom Operator
Stéphane Grappelli
Musician
Henri Vergnes
Set Decoration
Pierre Zucca
Still Photographer
Sylvette Baudrot
Script Supervisor
Louis Gasperina
Electrician
André Thiéry
Key Grip
Paul Maigret
Production Manager
Jean-Pierre Pessoz
Unit Manager
Roland Thénot
Unit Manager
Simone Clement
Production Secretary
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