Lacombe, Lucien

Lacombe, Lucien

138 mins | Drama, Romance, War | Jan. 30, 1974

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.

Lacombe, Lucien

138 mins | Drama, Romance, War | Jan. 30, 1974

Lacombe, Lucien
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.
IMDb rating 7.6
Producers Nouvelles Éditions de Films (NEF), Vides Cinematografica, Hallelujah-Film GmbH
Original title Lacombe Lucien
Directors Jean-Pierre Dion, Marc Grunebaum, Sylvette Baudrot, Louis Malle
Writers Patrick Modiano, Louis Malle

Cast

Pierre Blaise

as Lucien Lacombe

Aurore Clément

as France Horn

Holger Löwenadler

as Albert Horn

Therese Giehse

as La Grand-mère

Stéphane Bouy

as Jean-Bernard

Loumi Iacobesco

as Betty Beaulieu

René Bouloc

as Faure

Jean Rougerie

as Tonin

Pierre Decazes

as Aubert

Jacqueline Staup

as Melle Chauvelot

Cécile Ricard

as Marie

Ave Ninchi

as Mme Georges

Pierre Saintons

as Hippolyte

Jacques Rispal

as Propiétaire

Gilberte Rivet

as Mére de Lucien

Jean Bousquet

as Peyssac

Philippe Henriot

as Self (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)

Jean Mourat

as (uncredited)

Roger Riffard

as (uncredited)

Walter Seldmayer

as (uncredited)

René Thouron

as (uncredited)