Diên Biên Phu

Vietnam, 1954. An American reporter finds himself in the middle of the battle of Điện Biên Phủ, between the French army and the Vietminh.

Cast

Donald Pleasence

as Howard Simpson

Patrick Catalifo

as Captain Jégu de Kerveguen

Jean-François Balmer

as AFP Employee

Ludmila Mikaël

as Béatrice Vergnes

François Négret

as Corporal

Maxime Leroux

as Artillery Lieutenant

Raoul Billerey

as Father Bambourger

Thế Anh

as Ong Cop, M. Tigre

Christopher Buchholz

as Captain Morvan

Patrick Chauvel

as Lieutenant Duroc, DC3 Pilot

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