Die 317. Sektion (1965)
45KDie 317. Sektion: Directed by Pierre Schoendoerffer. With Jacques Perrin, Bruno Cremer, Pierre Fabre, Manuel Zarzo. In Vietnam, 1954, a French platoon isolated behind enemy lines tries to come back. It is led by the inexperienced, idealistic sous-lieutenant Torrens, and by adjutant Willsdorf, a WWII veteran of the Wehrmacht.
“America made many movies about the Viet Nam war, good ones and bad ones. On the contrary, France didnu0026#39;t make films about the Indochina and Algeria wars. But u0026quot;la 317eu0026quot; is not only rare because of this, but also because it shows war as it was really fought, not by Rambo-like superheroes, but by simple men, some courageous, some not… Besides, Shloendorffer is a great film maker, and you can feel during the film that hes was really there, that he shared tragic hours with these men.”
