Shock Troops (film)

This article is about the 1967 film. 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
Edited byChristian Gaudin
Music byMichel Magne
Distributed byLes Artistes Associés
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

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

Production

Following the success of his first feature film, The Sleeping Car Murders, Costa-Gavras was approached by American producer Harry Saltzman, who gave him free rein over his next project. The filmmaker then expressed a desire to adapt André Malraux's La Condition humaine, but this idea alarmed Saltzman. The latter subsequently proposed Jean-Pierre Chabrol's novel about the French Resistance.[3]

References

  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.
  3. ^ Douhaire, Samuel (22 November 2016). "Costa-Gavras au fil de ses films, "Un homme de trop" (1967) : "Un peu d'humour dans les scènes à forte tension"". Télérama. Retrieved 19 March 2026.
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