Normandie Niémen / un film de Jean Dréville, 1960 ; Gaumont présente ; scénario et dialogues, Charles Spaak, Elsa Triolet et Constantin Simonov ; directeur artistique, Alexandre Kamenka ; une co-production Franco London Film - les Films Alkam, en collaboration avec les Studios Mosfilm.
Publisher:
Gaumont,
Copyright Date:
2012
Description:
1 videodisc (116 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Title from container. "Cinédis présente ... Collaborateur à la mise en scène, Damir Viatitch-Berejnikh"--Opening credits. "c2012 Gaumont Vidéo"--Back of container. Originally released as a motion picture in 1960. Pierre Trabaud, Roland Ménard, Giani Esposito, Gérard Darrieu, Georges Rivière, Jean-Claude Michel, André Oumansky.
Summary:
A historical drama that retraces the story of the Normandie-Niemen Regiment, a fighter squadron of the French Air Force during World War II. After the armistice of 1940, some French pilots, refusing captivity, decide to reach Russia in order to continue the fight against Hitler's Germany alonside the Soviet allies. From this escape to the first aerial battles over Russia, these pilots were considered deserters at first, but were welcomed as heroes two years later.
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