Four young French Army officers volunteer to join the Foreign Legion to fight in Dien Bien Phu (Vietnam) in 1954.Four young French Army officers volunteer to join the Foreign Legion to fight in Dien Bien Phu (Vietnam) in 1954.Four young French Army officers volunteer to join the Foreign Legion to fight in Dien Bien Phu (Vietnam) in 1954.
Jacques Sernas
- Capt. Guy Bertrand
- (as Jack Sernas)
Patricia Blair
- Gisele Bonet
- (as Pat Blake)
Lisa Montell
- Jacqueline
- (as Irene Montwill)
Jacques Scott
- Lt. De Jean
- (as Jack Scott)
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThough the movie accurately depicts the strongpoints of the Dien Bien Phu fortifications as being named after females, most of the names are changed. In the real battle, the strongpoints were Anne-Marie, Beatrice, Claudine, Dominique, Eliane, Gabrielle, Huguette, and Isabelle. Later after the fall of Beatrice and Gabrielle, additional strongpoints of Sparrowhawk and Juno were erected.
- Quotes
Gen. Christian De Castries: [addressing the Chinese prisoner] And as for you, my friend, we shall be ready, you can be sure. But should we lose, the whole world will still know that our enemies were not nationalists but conquerors for Communism. And you will find that the dead too can speak, often more loudly than the living.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Vidal Sassoon: The Movie (2010)
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So-So war film too one-sided
This decent war film starts out with a tribute to a fight against slavery. Unwittingly, the tribute actually described the struggle of the North Vietnamese against all foreign invaders and colonialism by the West. It was meant to imply the French were against slavery. Tell that to the colonials under their rule in various African and Asian countries, and they would laugh in your face. It has taken the world several decades to learn that colonial powers were the real slaveowners. And some have still not learned. The battle sequences are good, but, once again, one-sided. There is no character development of anyone except French people. The other soldiers are just mechanical men because they are communists. As if colonialists were morally superior to communists. I wonder why it did not occur to these people why the communists fought so bravely; as bravely as the French.
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- arthur_tafero
- Aug 3, 2018
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- Also known as
- Die Hölle von Dien Bien Phu
- Filming locations
- Janss Conejo Ranch, Thousand Oaks, California, USA(battle scenes)
- Production company
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- Runtime1 hour 33 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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