Plot:

In Laos, 1954, eight days before the french defeat in the Indochina war, the 317th platoon – four french soldiers and 41 laotian combatants – has been ordered to leave its outpost and to retreat for the plains of Diên Biên Phu, where the french army is getting stucked. Led by the inexperienced and idealistic sous-lieutenant Torrens, fresh out of the military academy, and by adjutant Willsdorf, a WWII veteran of the Werhmacht, the group must cross 150 kilometers of jungle. But dripping rainwater, hostile nature, and the Viêt-minh ambushes expose them to constant danger.

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Actors - Crew

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

Saksi Sbong

Pierre Schoendoerffer
Director

Armand Psenny
Editor

Renée Deschamps
Assistant Editor

Benito Perojo
Producer

Pierre Jansen
Original Music Composer

Gregorio García Segura
Original Music Composer

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