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This gripping historical drama recounts the story of Armenian-born Missak Manouchian, a woodworker and political activist who led an immigrant laborer division of the Parisian Resistance on 30 operations against the Nazis in 1943. The Nazis branded the group an Army of Crime, an anti-immigrant propaganda stunt that backfired as the team's members became martyrs for the Resistance.

While most resistance stories focus on local citizens, this drama highlights the immigrant laborers who became the very criminals the Nazis feared. It transforms a piece of propaganda into a defiant portrait of survival during the occupation of Paris.

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