Code Name: Melville

Code Name: Melville

76 mins | Documentary | Jan. 1, 2008

Mixing interviews, rare archival footage and film extracts, the film shows how Melville's works were impacted by what he experienced in his youth during WWII, and how it structured his whole approach to cinema, not only in its thematic but also in its aesthetics.

Code Name: Melville

76 mins | Documentary | Jan. 1, 2008

Code Name: Melville
Mixing interviews, rare archival footage and film extracts, the film shows how Melville's works were impacted by what he experienced in his youth during WWII, and how it structured his whole approach to cinema, not only in its thematic but also in its aesthetics.
Producers Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée, StudioCanal, Région Provence Côte d'Azur, Conseil Régional de Franche-Comté, Nocturnes Productions, Ina
Original title Sous le nom de Melville
Directors Olivier Bohler
Writers Olivier Bohler

Cast

Leo Fortel

as Self

Pierre Grasset

as Self

Rémy Grumbach

as Self

Philippe Labro

as Self

Rui Nogueira

as Self

Johnnie To

as Self

Jacques Chancel

as Self

Alain Delon

as Self

Paul Meurisse

as Self

Lino Ventura

as Self