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'''''Shock Troops''''' ({{lang-fr|'''Un homme de trop'''}}) is a 1967 French-Italian [[action drama]] film directed by [[Costa-Gavras]]. It was entered into the [[5th Moscow International Film Festival]].<ref name="Moscow1967">{{cite web |url=http://www.moscowfilmfestival.ru/miff34/eng/archives/?year=1967 |title=5th Moscow International Film Festival (1967) |access-date=15 December 2012 |work=MIFF |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130116194759/http://www.moscowfilmfestival.ru/miff34/eng/archives/?year=1967 |archive-date=16 January 2013 }}</ref> Film producer [[Harry Saltzman]] has a "presented by" credit.<ref>{{cite book|title=The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Volume 1, Part 1|author=American Film Institute|author-link=American Film Institute|publisher=[[University of California Press]]|year=1997|page=981|isbn=9780520209701}}</ref>
'''''Shock Troops''''' ({{langx|fr|'''Un homme de trop'''}}) is a 1967 French-Italian [[action drama]] film directed by [[Costa-Gavras]]. It was entered into the [[5th Moscow International Film Festival]].<ref name="Moscow1967">{{cite web |url=http://www.moscowfilmfestival.ru/miff34/eng/archives/?year=1967 |title=5th Moscow International Film Festival (1967) |access-date=15 December 2012 |work=MIFF |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130116194759/http://www.moscowfilmfestival.ru/miff34/eng/archives/?year=1967 |archive-date=16 January 2013 }}</ref> Film producer [[Harry Saltzman]] has a "presented by" credit.<ref>{{cite book|title=The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Volume 1, Part 1|author=American Film Institute|author-link=American Film Institute|publisher=[[University of California Press]]|year=1997|page=981|isbn=9780520209701}}</ref>


==Plot==
==Plot==
Set in central France, the film follows French resistance fighters who press the battle on the Germans. Along the way, they break into a prison and release some German prisoners, but discover there may be a spy planted to flush them all out.
Set in central France, the film follows a group of French resistance fighters who mount attacks on occupying German forces during World War II. They break into a prison and release some prisoners facing imminent execution, but suspect there may be an informer amongst them. As their campaign continues, they have to decide his fate.


==Cast==
==Cast==
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[[Category:Italian World War II films]]
[[Category:Italian World War II films]]
[[Category:1960s French films]]
[[Category:1960s French films]]
[[Category:1960s Italian films]]
[[Category:Films scored by Michel Magne]]
[[Category:Films produced by Harry Saltzman]]





Latest revision as of 19:46, 24 October 2024

For the 1934 film, see Shock Troop (film)

Shock Troops
Film poster
Directed byCosta-Gavras
Written byJean-Pierre Chabrol
Costa-Gavras
Produced byCosta-Gavras
StarringCharles Vanel
CinematographyJean Tournier
Music byMichel Magne
Release date
  • 5 April 1967 (1967-04-05)
Running time
110 minutes
CountriesFrance
Italy
LanguageFrench

Shock Troops (French: Un homme de trop) is a 1967 French-Italian action drama film directed by Costa-Gavras. It was entered into the 5th Moscow International Film Festival.[1] Film producer Harry Saltzman has a "presented by" credit.[2]

Plot

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Set in central France, the film follows a group of French resistance fighters who mount attacks on occupying German forces during World War II. They break into a prison and release some prisoners facing imminent execution, but suspect there may be an informer amongst them. As their campaign continues, they have to decide his fate.

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ "5th Moscow International Film Festival (1967)". MIFF. Archived from the original on 16 January 2013. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
  2. ^ American Film Institute (1997). The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Volume 1, Part 1. University of California Press. p. 981. ISBN 9780520209701.
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