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The 317th Platoon (French: La 317ème section) is a 1965 French black-and-white war film set during the First Indochina War (1946–54) written and directed by Pierre Schoendoerffer. The film was based on Schoendoerffer's 1963 novel of the same name.
In Laos, 1954, eight days before the french defeat in the Indochina war, the 317th platoon – four french soldiers and 41 laotian combatants – has been ordered to leave its outpost and to retreat for the plains of Diên Biên Phu, where the french army is getting stucked.
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Rent The 317th Platoon on Prime Video, Apple TV, or buy it on Prime Video, Apple TV. Near the end of the French-Indochinese War, a French platoon trapped behind enemy lines tries to reach...
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The 317th Platoon (French: La 317e Section) is a 1965 French war film set during the French Vietnam war (1946-54) directed by Pierre Schoendoerffer. It was entered into the 1965 Cannes Film Festival where it won the award for Best Screenplay.
