The 317th Platoon

IMDb link: 0058863
IMDb rating: 7.3 (1,866 votes)
Genres: War
Director: Jacques Perrin, Pierre Fabre, Pierre Schoendoerffer
Cast: Bruno Cremer, Manuel Zarzo and others

Release date: 31 Mar 1965
Release year: 1965
Runtime: 100 minutes
Country: France, Spain
Keywords: jungle warfare, french indochina, french colonial empire, french colony, first indochina war, indochina wars, cold war, decolonization of asia, reference to shakespeare's macbeth, supply drop

Plot:

In 1954, the Indochina War begins to come to a close following France's defeat by the Viet Minh at the deadly Battle of Dien Bien Phu. French forces are in full retreat and risk being overrun at every turn -- including the 317th Platoon, a unit of French soldiers and Laotian allies who are led by the idealistic but inexperienced sous-lieutenant Torrens and adjutant Willsdorf, a former soldier in the German Wehrmacht during WWII. Their survival depends on completing a trek through the dense, jungle-laden, expanse of enemy territory that stands between them and the safety of the nearest French outpost.

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