The film was directed by pierre schoendoerffer dien bien phu and was based on his own novel of the same name. And now a new restoration of pierre schoendoerffers 1965 masterpiece the 317th platoon arrives as a reminder that nothing in the bungled tragedy of. Written and directed by pierre schoendoerffer and based on his novel, the 317th platoon is the first vietnam war movie in a sense. Like the rest of the 92nd division, the 317th engineers was formed with african american soldiers from all states, with many of the ncos coming from the 9th and 10th cavalry. This was the original platoon movie, whose format later directors followed but failed to match in its portrayal of characters and their interaction, to say nothing of the moral choices and the corruption of combat. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. The film was based on schoendoerffers 1963 novel of the same name. Shortly afterward, the advancing platoon withdrew and returned to the barn and stayed there for the. That was the first time berkman saw anyone get killed. A platoon of french soldiers gets trapped behind enemy lines. 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. The 317th platoon laos released 1965 mas 49 sniper used if this is your first visit, be sure to check out the faq by clicking the link above.
The 317th engineer battalion combat was located in eschborn, germany, on the outskirts of frankfurt. It is led by the inexperienced, idealistic souslieutenant torrens, and by adjutant willsdorf, a wwii veteran of the werhmacht. When the platoon is ordered to abandon a highland outpost and rejoin larger french forces, they soon find themselves behind enemy lines. We had a adm platoon but it was all top secret so we never had any patches about.
A staggeringly engrossing and effective movie, its settings both beautiful and oppressive, its incidents tense and eyeopening. The 317th engineers was first constituted on 24 october 1917 and organized at camp sherman, ohio as the 317th engineer regiment, 92nd division. The story is set during the latter stages of the frenchindochina war, revolving around a group of french soldiers and their laotian allies who trek through the jungle to the safety. Bad boys for life, sonic the hedgehog and april fools day movies. The new york times hails the 317th platoon as a genuinely revelatory war movie, describing it as a staggeringly engrossing and effective movie, its settings both beautiful and oppressive, its incidents tense and eyeopening. Shot by the incomparable cinematographer raoul coutard, the 317th platoon is a film by turns punishing and poetic, and one entirely ready for rediscovery. Documents the life of a small group of gis as they fight against an unseen enemy in the jungle of vietnam. In vietnam, 1954, a french platoon isolated behind enemy lines tries to come back. This revelatory frenchmade film, shot in the 1960s and directed by the former war photographer pierre schoendoerffer, gets a new york. Tavernier treasures drawing from his experience as a veteran and army cinematographer, pierre schoendoerffers gritty account of the indochina war follows a french platoon trapped behind enemy lines, braving not only the battle. Check out this behind the scene look at bad boys for life read more. The two films with similar subject matter and setting but with extremely different approaches and style. It is led by the inexperienced, idealistic souslieutenant torrens, and by adjutant.
The 317th platoon 1965an emotionally gripping war drama of the frenchvietnemese war in which the 317th platoon of the french army, consisting of four french commanders and 41 laotians, is ordered to leave luong ba, cambodia and retreat to tao tsai. 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 was in d company, 317th engr bn at bad hersfeld june 1961oct 1963. The platoon is formed of four french and 41 laotians under their command. Their other officer is an old german veteran of world war ii. I was at 317th engineer camp ashbourne from 76 to 79 i was friends with ellen hickok charles rackley gary q becky bob strauss my brother randy kusch i remember every. In my view, the greatest war movie ever made is the 317th platoon. The 317th platoon similar films to watch if you like the. The order is to reach the entrenched camp of dien bien phu. The men begin their march and slowly succumb to the elements and ambushes. Platoon 24x subtitles download movie and tv series. On may 3rd 1954, as the battle of dien bien phu is reaching its end, the 317th platoon of auxiliary laotian soldiers receive the order to retreat. To make matters worse, their leader is an inexperienced lieutenant.
Days later, when what is left of the platoon finally reaches. It might not be the americans fighting the viet cong or nva but the french indochina war was the precursor to the vietnam war. 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. It is led by the inexperienced, idealistic souslieutenant torrens.
The film was based on a book written by schoendoerffer two years earlier. In my view the greatest war movie ever made is the 317th platoon, a french film from 1965 set during the countrys first indochina war. The 317th engineer battalion was first constituted on 24 october 1917 and organized at camp sherman, ohio as the 317th engineer regiment, 92nd division. Pierre schoendoerffer, a onetime army cameraman and veteran, depicts all the grit and sweat and fear of tropical combat in this toolittleseen frontlines classic. Free download from source, api support, millions of users. The digital collections of the national wwii museum. French forces are in full retreat and risk being overrun at every turn including the 317th platoon. About one third of the way up, the sergeant stepped on a mine which blew off his legs and threw him onto another mine. Both films are set in 1954 in viet nam around the time the french union forces were expelled from indochina by the viet minh communist army. It stars jacques perrin as lieutenant torrens, bruno cremer as adjutant willsdorf and pierre fabre as sergeant roudier. Concerning globalism, the 317th platoon is an unacceptable reminder that france was once a colonial world power. The year is 1954 and the french military is deeply embroiled in its version of the vietnam war. Movie and tv subtitles in multiple languages, thousands of translated subtitles uploaded daily. Jacques perrin, bruno cremer, the 317th platoon, 1965 c3cemd from alamys library of millions of high resolution.
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