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.

Cast

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

Where to Watch

Criterion Channel