When did you first read Kessel's book?
I discovered Army of Shadows1 in London in I943 and have wanted to film it ever since. When I told Kessel in I968 that my old dream was going to come true at last, he didn't believe anyone could pursue an idea so tenaciously for twenty-five years.
Although you’ve been very faithful to the spirit of the book, you’ve again made a very personal film.
This is my first movie showing things I’ve actually known and experienced. But my truth is of course subjective and has nothing to do with actual truth. With the passing of time we’re all inclined to recall what suits us rather than what actually happened. The book written by Kessel in the heat of the moment in 1943 is necessarily very different from the film shot cold by me in 1969. There are many things in the book -- wonderful things -- that are impossible to film now. Out of a sublime documentary about the Resistance, I’ve created a retrospective reverie, a nostalgic pilgrimage back to a time that profoundly marked my generation.
On October 20, 1942, I was twenty-five years old. I’d been in the army since the end of October 1937. Behind me were three years of military life (one of them during the war) and two in the Resistance. That leaves its mark, believe me. The war years were awful, horrible and . . . marvelous!
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