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Director:
Raoul Coutard
Writer:
André G. Brunelin
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Release Date:
9 January 1980 (France) See more »
Genre:
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Pretty good film about a famous operation by the French Foreign Legion See more (1 total) »

Cast

  (in credits order)
Bruno Cremer ... Pierre Delbart

Mimsy Farmer ... Annie
Giuliano Gemma ... Adjudant-chef Federico
Laurent Malet ... Damrémont

Jacques Perrin ... L'ambassadeur Berthier
Pierre Vaneck ... Colonel Grasser
Jean-Claude Bouillon ... Maurois
Gérard Essomba ... Bia Kombo
Robert Etcheverry ... Le colonel Dubourg
Laure Moutoussamy ... Elodie
Patricia Lavidange ... Angélique
Jean-Paul Richepin ... Singer
Pierre Rousseau ... Debruyn
Yan Brian ... Loubet
Eric Sergent ... Murat
Joseph Momo ... Niokolo
Henri Marteau ... Chamfort
Patricia Caffrey ... Lindel
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Hervé Jolly
Patricia Kessler
Jean Le Mouël
Gérard Sergue
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Directed by
Raoul Coutard 
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
André G. Brunelin 

Produced by
Gérard Beyroud .... associate producer
Georges de Beauregard .... producer
 
Original Music by
Serge Franklin 
 
Cinematography by
Georges Liron 
 
Film Editing by
Michel Lewin 
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Fred Runel .... assistant director
 
Sound Department
Vincent Arnardi .... sound mix technician
Marco Cavé .... sound editor
 

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
"La légion saute sur Kolwezi" - France (original title)
"Military Coup in Kolwezi" - USA (video title)
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Runtime:
96 min
Country:
France
Language:
French
Color:
Color (Eastmancolor)
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Finland:K-16 | Norway:16 | Argentina:16
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Pretty good film about a famous operation by the French Foreign Legion, 12 September 2002
Author: nicver from Mesa, AZ

This film was made right after the French Foreign Legion proved its valor (once again) in a military operation in Congo.

The Legion saved hundreds of Europeans taken hostages by rebels and managed to drive them away after losing only 5 of its men.

The film is very low budget, but very accurate and most of the legionnaires on the screen were actual legionnaires involved in the fights. Very interesting for the ethnic variety of these guys.

It's really not Black Hawk Down. It's a simple and efficient film with a very straight story line, and it depicts the facts and only the facts, with a few composite characters among the civilians.

I would only recommend it if you want to learn about the even or about how the Legion operates.

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