The 317th Platoon
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The 317th Platoon is a 1965 French war film
during the French Vietnam war (1946-1954) directed by Pierre Schoendoerffer
. It was entered into the 1965 Cannes Film Festival
where it won the award for Best Screenplay
.
War film
War films are a film genre concerned with warfare, usually about naval, air or land battles, sometimes focusing instead on prisoners of war, covert operations, military training or other related subjects. At times war films focus on daily military or civilian life in wartime without depicting battles...
during the French Vietnam war (1946-1954) directed by Pierre Schoendoerffer
Pierre Schoendoerffer
Pierre Schoendoerffer is a French film director, a screenwriter, a writer, a war reporter, a war cameraman, a renowned First Indochina War veteran, a cinema academician and since 2001 the President of the Académie des Beaux-Arts.-Family:...
. It was entered into the 1965 Cannes Film Festival
1965 Cannes Film Festival
-Jury:*André Maurois *Olivia de Havilland *Goffredo Lombardo *Max Aub *Michel Aubriant *Rex Harrison *François Reichenbach...
where it won the award for Best Screenplay
Best Screenplay Award (Cannes Film Festival)
The Best Screenplay Award is an award presented at the Cannes Film Festival. It is chosen by the jury from the 'official section' of movies at the festival...
.
Cast
- Jacques PerrinJacques PerrinJacques Perrin is a French actor and filmmaker. He is occasionally credited as Jacques Simonet. Simonet was his father's name and Perrin his mother's.-Life and career:...
as Le sous-lieutenant Torrens - Bruno CremerBruno CremerBruno Jean Marie Crémer was a French actor born in Saint-Mandé, Val-de-Marne, who spent a part of his career on stage, but who also found success in the cinema and on television.- Biography :...
as L'adjutant Willsdorf - Pierre Fabre as Le sergent Roudier
- Manuel ZarzoManuel ZarzoManuel Zarzo is a Spanish film actor. He has appeared in over 150 films since 1951. He was born in Madrid, Spain.-Selected filmography:* Día tras día * Love in a Hot Climate * The Delinquents...
as Le caporal Perrin - Boramy Tioulong as Le sergent supplétif Ba Kut