Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 138 min
- Language
- French
- Country
- Germany, France, Italy
- Violence
- Moderate
Why tonight?
- In French — subtitles on.
The story
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.
- war crimes
- french gestapo
- maquis
- children in wartime
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
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
- Directed
- Louis Malle
- Written
- Patrick Modiano, Louis Malle
Production
- Rating
- 7.0 / 10 · 167 ratings
- Studio
- Hallelujah-Film GmbH, Vides Cinematografica, Nouvelles Éditions de Films
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