Normandy - Neman

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Normandy - Neman (1960)

Directed by Jean Dréville, Damir Vyatich-Berezhnykh

Drama, War · 2h 00m

A certain number of French fighter pilots who will not accept the Second Armistice at Compiègne nor Vichy's orders decide to join the USSR. Once they have reached Moscow they resume training and form a squadron they call "Normandie". Reinforced in 1944, the squadron wins many victories. Following the acts of valor displayed by its pilots during the Battle of the Nieman River, it becomes the "Normandie-Niemen" squadron for the rest of times...

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Cast

Pierre Trabaud Le lieutenant Chardon Giani Esposito Lemaître
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Gérard Buhr Le capitaine de Liron Vladimir Gusev Le lieutenant Zykov Nikolai Rybnikov Le capitaine Tarasenko Gennadiy Yukhtin Tekhnik Yuri Medvedev Le sergent Ivanov Georges Rivière Le lieutenant Benoît Marc Cassot Le commandant Marcellin Vitali Doronin Le général Komarov Nicolas Bataille Le lieutenant Castor Jacques Bernard Périer

Crew

Director
Jean Dréville, Damir Vyatich-Berezhnykh
Writer
Elsa Triolet, Charles Spaak, Konstantin Simonov
Director of Photography
Jacques Natteau
Original Music Composer
José Padilla, Rodion Shchedrin
Editor
Borys Lewin

Details

Original title
Normandie - Niémen
Release date
1960-02-24
Runtime
2h 00m
Genres
Drama, War
Original language
FR
Spoken languages
Russian, French
Countries
France, Soviet Union
Production
Franco London Films, Les Films Alkam, Mosfilm