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The 317th Platoon

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Near the end of the French-Indochinese War, a French platoon trapped behind enemy lines tries to reach safety.

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Glenn Kenny New York Times Aug 9, 2018
This is a staggeringly engrossing and effective movie, its settings both beautiful and oppressive, its incidents tense and eye-opening. Go to Full Review
Alan Scherstuhl Village Voice Aug 7, 2018
Surveying the doomed 1954 retreat of French and Laotian soldiers, Schoendoerffer exposes, with a reporter's eye, the horrors that were and the horrors to come. Go to Full Review
Clayton Dillard Slant Magazine Aug 6, 2018
3.5/4
The cumulative effect of Pierre Schoendoerffer's realist approach reinforces the unsparing nature of international conflict. Go to Full Review
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Cast & Crew

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Pierre Schoendoerffer

Director

Jacques Perrin

Le sous-lieutenant Torrens

Bruno Cremer

L'adjudant Willsdorf

Pierre Fabre

Le sergent Roudier

Manuel Zarzo

Le caporal Perrin

Boramy Tioulong

Le sergent supplétif Ba Kut

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The 317th Platoon

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Movie Info

Synopsis Near the end of the French-Indochinese War, a French platoon trapped behind enemy lines tries to reach safety.
Director
Pierre Schoendoerffer
Producer
Georges de Beauregard, Benito Perojo
Screenwriter
Pierre Schoendoerffer
Genre
War
Original Language
French (France)
Runtime
1h 24m
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