The 317th Platoon

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The 317th Platoon

1965

1h 24m

War

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

Glenn Kenny

New York Times

This is a staggeringly engrossing and effective movie, its settings both beautiful and oppressive, its incidents tense and eye-opening.

Aug 9, 2018

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Alan Scherstuhl

Village Voice

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.

Aug 7, 2018

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Clayton Dillard

Slant Magazine

The cumulative effect of Pierre Schoendoerffer's realist approach reinforces the unsparing nature of international conflict.

Rated: 3.5/4

Aug 6, 2018

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Amazing realism. Has a documentary feel to it. Very believable characters.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/25/23

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Pierre Schoendoerffer

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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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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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