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31 March 1965 (France) more
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In Vietnam, 1954, a French platoon isolated behind enemy lines tries to come back. It is led by the inexperienced, idealistic sous-lieutenant Torrens, and by adjutant Willsdorf, a WWII veteran of the Werhmacht. | add synopsis
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Cast

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Directed by
Pierre Schoendoerffer 
 
Writing credits
Pierre Schoendoerffer (novel)

Pierre Schoendoerffer (written by)

Produced by
Georges de Beauregard .... producer
Benito Perojo .... producer
 
Original Music by
Pierre Jansen 
Gregorio García Segura (uncredited)
 
Cinematography by
Raoul Coutard 
 
Film Editing by
Armand Psenny 
 
Production Management
René Demoulin .... production manager
Roger Scipion .... unit manager
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Philippe Fourastié .... first assistant director
Georges Pellegrin .... first assistant director
Yi Sin Sing .... second assistant director
 
Sound Department
Te Hak Kheng .... sound
Jean Nény .... sound mixer
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Jean Garcenot .... assistant camera
Georges Liron .... camera operator
 
Editorial Department
Renée Deschamps .... assistant editor
 
Music Department
André Jouve .... conductor
 
Other crew
Brigitte Friang .... production administrator
Colette Roy .... production secretary
Mok Sath .... weapon consultant
Bertrand Tavernier .... press attache
Boramy Tioulong .... technical advisor
 
Thanks
Norodom Sihanouk .... thanks
 

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Also Known As:
317th Platoon
317th Section
Sangre en Indochina (Spain)
The 317th Platoon
317 battaglione d'assalto (Italy) [it]
317. osasto (Finland) [fi]
Die 317. Sektion (West Germany) [de]
Stin kolasi tou Viet Nam (Greece) [el]
Zug 317 (West Germany) [de]
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France:100 min | Spain:86 min
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Heroes are only men...., 13 October 1999

America made many movies about the Viet Nam war, good ones and bad ones. On the contrary, France didn't make films about the Indochina and Algeria wars. But "la 317e" is not only rare because of this, but also because it shows war as it was really fought, not by Rambo-like superheroes, but by simple men, some courageous, some not... Besides, Shloendorffer is a great film maker, and you can feel during the film that hes was really there, that he shared tragic hours with these men.

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