Shock Troops
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Costa-gavras
Jean-claude Brialy
Bruno Cremer
Jacques Perrin
Gérard Blain
Claude Brasseur
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
During World War II, a group of French resistance fighters, under the leadership of Cazal, stage a lightning raid on a German prison fortress in France to rescue 12 prisoners condemned to death. Following the success of their mission, the men discover that they have liberated an extra man. Unable to decide whether the extra man is a spy planted by the Nazis or merely a civilian prisoner, the men take him to their hideout in the hills. Upon discovering that he wears German boots and has no identification card, most of the men--particularly the outspoken Jean--decide that he should be killed. When they raid the local tax bureau, the men take the stranger along, and during the shooting, he saves the life of a child who wanders into the line of fire. Nevertheless, Cazal orders his loyal aide Thomas to take the man to the river and execute him; but when the stranger talks for the first time and honestly admits that he is a pacificist deserter, Thomas allows him to escape. During the night, he returns to warn the men that they are surrounded by the Germans. After Cazal has left to warn other resistance groups, the Germans close in and take several captives, including the extra man, to be hanged. All the other men are killed, but the stranger manages to escape.
Director
Costa-gavras
Cast
Jean-claude Brialy
Bruno Cremer
Jacques Perrin
Gérard Blain
Claude Brasseur
Michel Piccoli
Pierre Clementi
François Périer
Charles Vanel
Paolo Fratini
Michel Creton
Claude Brosset
Nino Segurini
Med Hondo
Julie Dassin
Crew
René Albouze
Daniel Boulanger
Maurice Colasson
Costa-gavras
Louis Daquin
Raymond Froment
Christian Gaudin
Georges Iaconelli
Michel Magne
Bernard Paul
Harry Saltzman
Jean Tournier
Film Details
Technical Specs
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Trivia
Notes
Opened in Paris in April 1967 as Un homme de trop; running time: 115 min.
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in France April 1967
Released in United States Fall September 1968
Released in United States September 1968
c Eastmancolor
Techniscope
Released in France April 1967
Released in United States Fall September 1968
Released in United States September 1968
