Vietnam, 1954. An American reporter finds himself in the middle of the battle of Điện Biên Phủ, between the French army and the Vietminh.
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Donald Pleasence
Howard Simpson
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Patrick Catalifo
Captain Jégu de Kerveguen
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Carbone
Jean-François Balmer
AFP Employee
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Ludmila Mikaël
Béatrice Vergnes
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François Négret
Corporal
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Les Misérables
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Maxime Leroux
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Les Misérables
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Raoul Billerey
Father Bambourger
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Naked Childhood
Betty Blue
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Christopher Buchholz
Captain Morvan
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The New Look
Eros
Patrick Chauvel
Lieutenant Duroc, DC3 Pilot
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The Young Lieutenant
Eric Do
Lieutenant Ki
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Igor Hossein
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Pierre Schoendoerffer Director · Georges Delerue Composer Bernard Lutic Cinematographer
Budget $30M · First release March 4, 1992 · Produced in France
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Budget
$30,000,000
Production
Mod films
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France 2 Cinéma
Production
Productions Marcel Dassault
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Flach Film
Production
Production Marcel Dassault
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France
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Original title
Diên Biên Phu
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French · Vietnamese
Release dates
France · March 4, 1992
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Argentina
September 10, 1992 · Theatrical
France
May 30, 2012 · Physical · DVD
August 1, 2020 · Physical · Blu-Ray
Netherlands
March 12, 2022 · Digital
Sweden
January 19, 1999 · TV
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