The 317th platoon : La 317ieme section /
Story of a French/Laotian platoon during May 1954 as they withdraw through the jungle after the fall of Dien Bien Phu. They are slowly annihilated by ambushes and disease. The film captures the inarticulate anguish and solitude of each man by focusing on a veteran Alsatian sergeant and a young Frenc...
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| Format: | Video VHS |
| Language: | French |
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New York, NY :
Interama Video Classics,
[1990?]
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| Summary: | Story of a French/Laotian platoon during May 1954 as they withdraw through the jungle after the fall of Dien Bien Phu. They are slowly annihilated by ambushes and disease. The film captures the inarticulate anguish and solitude of each man by focusing on a veteran Alsatian sergeant and a young French officer fresh from military school. Their impersonal, hierarchical and sometimes hostile relationship develops into an unlikely friendship. |
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| Item Description: | Videocassette release of the 1965 motion picture. Based on the novel by Pierre Schoendoerffer. French with English subtitles. Videorecording. |
| Physical Description: | 1 videocassette (94 min.) : sound, black and white ; 1/2 in. |
| Format: | VHS format. |
| Audience: | French. |
| Production Credits: | Photography, Raoul Coutard ; camera, Georges Liror ; music, Pierre Jansen. |