Lacombe, Lucien
Lacombe, Lucien

Lacombe, Lucien

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1974
2h 18m
7.0(155 votes)
Drama
War

Overview

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.

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29 members
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Pierre Blaise

Lucien Lacombe

Pierre Blaise
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Aurore Clément

France Horn

Aurore Clément
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Holger Löwenadler

Albert Horn

Holger Löwenadler
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Therese Giehse

La Grand-mère

Therese Giehse
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Stéphane Bouy

Jean-Bernard

Stéphane Bouy
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Loumi Iacobesco

Betty Beaulieu

Loumi Iacobesco
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René Bouloc

Faure

René Bouloc
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Jean Rougerie

Tonin

Jean Rougerie
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Pierre Decazes

Aubert

Pierre Decazes
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Jacqueline Staup

Melle Chauvelot

Jacqueline Staup
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Cécile Ricard

Marie

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Ave Ninchi

Mme Georges

Ave Ninchi
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Pierre Saintons

Hippolyte

Pierre Saintons
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Jacques Rispal

Propiétaire

Jacques Rispal
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Gilberte Rivet

Mére de Lucien

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Jean Bousquet

Peyssac

Jean Bousquet
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Franz Rudnick

Unknown Role

Franz Rudnick
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Jean-Louis Blum

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Claude Marcan

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Jean Maurat

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Gabriel Cabessut

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Mimi Juskiewenski

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Albert Tillet

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René Thauran

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Philippe Henriot

Self (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)

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Jean Mourat

(uncredited)

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Roger Riffard

(uncredited)

Roger Riffard
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Walter Seldmayer

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René Thouron

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