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Writers:
Pierre Schoendoerffer (novel)
Pierre Schoendoerffer (written by)
Contact:
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Release Date:
31 March 1965 (France) more
Genre:
War more
Plot:
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
Awards:
1 win & 1 nomination more
User Comments:
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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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Additional Details

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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Runtime:
France:100 min | Spain:86 min
Country:
France | Spain
Language:
Vietnamese | French
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15

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Synopsis and Comments on La 317e Section, 25 April 2000
Author: David Clare (david.clare@ntlworld.com) from Ipswich, England

In 1954 Vietnam, at the time of Diên Biên Phu, a French unit on patrol under the command of an inexperienced lieutenant is gradually depleted by Vietminh until only an ex-Wehrmacht Alsatian adjutant remains. He is to die, a title informs us, in Algeria in 1960.

Semi-documentary in style, this is an effectively low-key appraisal of the difficult choices with which war confronts its soldiers. As so often in Vietnam films the enemy is only glimpsed from a distance, the camera remaining a disembodied observer among the group. Bertrand Tavernier acted as co-writer on the film.

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