It is led by the inexperienced, idealistic souslieutenant torrens, and by. 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 souslieutenant torrens and adjutant willsdorf, a former soldier in the german wehrmacht during wwii. Pierre schoendoerffer, a onetime army cameraman and veteran, depicts all the grit and sweat and fear of tropical combat in this toolittleseen frontlines classic. Concerning globalism, the 317th platoon is an unacceptable reminder that france was once a colonial world power.
One of the first films to deal with the subject, the 317th platoon focused on the conflict between an inexperienced officer jacques perrin and a tough veteran of the second world war bruno. All rights to this documentary are owned by the french broadcasting system. A very good movie perhaps among the most realistic war movies ever made. Wolfie the grunt takes 8mm movies of a combat assault in vietnam duration. Set in 1954, the 317th platoon is about a french unit during the indochina wars final days. Check out this behind the scene look at bad boys for life read more. For the best experience please update your browser. This revelatory frenchmade film, shot in the 1960s and directed by the former war photographer pierre schoendoerffer, gets a new york. The colorization is done frame by frame with a neural network.
Bad boys for life, sonic the hedgehog and april fools day movies. The 317th platoon, cd, in like new condition, a true rendition of the french in indo china vietnam in the early 1950s. Apr 24, 2016 well stop supporting this browser soon. Set near the end of the bloody indochinese war in which the vietnamese struggled to shuck off the yoke of french colonialism, this taut, provocative french war drama chronicles the events leading up to the slaughter of the french armys 317th platoon, a unit comprised of 41 laotians and a quartet of french officers that was ordered to make it back to. He first wrote the 317th platoon as a novel, and made it into a film in 1964, traveling to cambodia to shoot at authentic locations. The anderson platoon is a documentary feature by pierre schoendoerffer about the vietnam war. A great film about a french unit, that was based based near dien bien phu, at the tragic fall, knowing they needed to get over the border and out of laos into thailand, which in itself was a feat considering the jungle terrain, and on foot to hump it out, being stalked by viet minh, and playing hit and run all the way. Near the end of the frenchindochinese war, a french platoon trapped behind enemy lines tries to reach safety. The film was directed by pierre schoendoerffer dien bien phu and was based on his own novel of the same name. Aug 04, 2018 adapted by schoendoerffer from his own novel, the 317th platoon is chock full of bits of business that point to warfare as an industry that stocks platoons with fresh bodies, not unlike a department store promoting a seasonal line of products. The year is 1954 and the french military is deeply embroiled in its version of the vietnam war. The 317th platoon established a model that persists today even in. Written and directed by pierre schoendoerffer and based on his novel, the 317th platoon is the first vietnam war movie in a sense.
We cant ship to po boxes apofpo addresses, alaska and hawaii are outside of our shipping zone. Metrograph is a new manhattan movie theater devoted to screening. Frances hubris keeps warning us, and so does international cinema. Aug 07, 2018 1965s the 317th platoon is the movie that should have kept us out of vietnam by alan scherstuhl. Dec 03, 2018 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 souslieutenant torrens and adjutant willsdorf, a former soldier in the german wehrmacht during wwii. Adapted by schoendoerffer from his own novel, the 317th platoon is chock full of bits of business that point to warfare as an industry that stocks platoons with fresh bodies, not unlike a department store promoting a seasonal line of products. Helena schoeman boikie pholo method executive member apr 23, platteland features a stellar cast of actors and musicians and puts a vibrant new spin on some of the most popular afrikaans hits of the past few years. Why does this movie, which won the award for best screenplay at the 1965 cannes film festival, remain so inaccessible to the public.
It will be interesting to see how less radical the movie is as the views of some people, including steve. Schoendorffer has done two of them, the 317th platoon and dien bien phu, the latter about the 1954 battle where the french army was defeated and lost the war. Of course some will say that this movie promotes war, violence and the. Apr 28, 2016 this is the trailer of the 1965 movie about the war of indochina. I had not known about the movie until i read a recommendation by the military historian anthony beevor. So the benefit of filming in the forest, i mean was, both for schoendoerffer and for me, was to find ourselves completely cut off.
In vietnam, 1954, a french platoon isolated behind enemy lines tries to come back. Shot by the incomparable cinematographer raoul coutard, the 317th platoon is a film by turns punishing and poetic, and one entirely ready for rediscovery. Dying soldiers plead for cigarettes rather than painkillers. Pierre schoendoerffers the 317th platoon distinguishes between being moral. Set near the end of the bloody indochinese war in which the vietnamese struggled to shuck off the yoke of french colonialism, this taut, provocative french war drama chronicles the events leading up to the slaughter of the french armys 317th platoon, a unit comprised of 41 laotians and a quartet of french officers that was ordered to make it back to the safety of. Oct 18, 2011 the anderson platoon is a documentary feature by pierre schoendoerffer about the vietnam war. French platoon trapped behind enemy lines tries to reach safety. Home adventure freaky faron hd movie freaky faron 2018 when she was 11, young faron hallowell was sent away to a mental institution for shooting and nearly killing a local weathermana secret mission she claimed was assigned to her by alien beings. I had not known about the movie until i read a recommendation by the. If you like the 317th platoon you are looking for rough, bleak and gloomy movies about with jungle, military, soldier, war, survival, heroes and battles themes of. A platoon of french soldiers gets trapped behind enemy lines. So as for the 317th we filmed it in cambodia, in the forest.
French forces are in full retreat and risk being overrun at every turn including the 317th platoon. The cumulative effect of the films realist approach reinforces the. It is led by the inexperienced, idealistic souslieutenant torrens, and by adjutant willsdorf, a wwii veteran of the werhmacht. It stars jacques perrin as lieutenant torrens, bruno cremer as adjutant willsdorf and pierre fabre as sergeant roudier. The 317th platoon similar films to watch if you like the. To make matters worse, their leader is an inexperienced lieutenant. This is the trailer of the 1965 movie about the war of indochina. It contains the daily gritty realism faced by the platoon as it abandons its position and initially heads to believed safety at dien bien phu. Mar 15, 2012 pierre schoendoerffer, who has died aged 83, was one of the few directors of war films who had actually lived out the adventures of his soldier heroes. A gritty true to life movie filmed in black and white, in french with english subtitles. Shot by the incomparable cinematographer raoul coutard, the 317th platoon is a film by.
The picture won the award of the best screenplay at the 1965 cannes film festival. The 317th platoon 1965 cast and crew near the end of the frenchindochinese war, a french platoon trapped behind enemy lines tries to reach safety. Aug 03, 2019 it will be interesting to see how less radical the movie is as the views of some people, including steve. Set near the end of the bloody indochinese war in which the vietnamese struggled to shuck off the yoke of french colonialism, this taut, provocative french war drama chronicles the events leading up to the slaughter of the french armys 317th platoon, a unit comprised of 41 laotians and a quartet of french officers that was ordered to make it back to the safety of camp dien. The film was based on a book written by schoendoerffer two years earlier. Orders are shipped via usps, ups, fedex depending on location and package weight unless stated otherwise. Destroying frances national identity, and reducing it to a province of the eu, has long been part of the illuminist agenda.
Shipping shipping is free to all addresses in the lower 48 states. Their other officer is an old german veteran of world war ii. Movies tv shows news live fashion spotlight 360 video browse channels sign in to like videos, comment, and subscribe. It might not be the americans fighting the viet cong or nva but the french indochina war was the precursor to the vietnam war. If you like the 317th platoon you are looking for rough, bleak and gloomy movies about with jungle, military, soldier, war, survival, heroes and battles themes of war genre shot in france or spain. This movie was a sort of answer to oliver stones platoon and its handheld cinematography and realistic shooting et setting strongly evokes the recent us war movies. The 317th platoon 1965 english subt, on dvd, rare warmovies, wwii, wwi, the korean war, hard to find movies, nazi, gestapo, world.
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