Operation Leopard

In May 1978, the mining town of Kolwezi in Katanga, Zaire (now Democratic Republic of Congo, the former Belgian Congo) is under attack from a group of communist guerillas coming from nearby Angola. The Europeans who work for the Belgian mining company and the Blacks who live in the town are taken as hostages by the invaders, who start a blood bath, shooting Europeans as well as Africans. Many of the Europeans being French, the French decide to organize a counter-attack, and to send a Regiment of Paratroopers from the Foreign Legion. The movie follows the stories of Delbart, a former non-commissioned officer, who was about to go back to France with his African wife and his child, Damrémont, who was Delbart's replacement, Bia, a Zairian doctor, and Annie, an American married to a Belgian engineer as well as Non com Legion officer Federico and the French Ambassador and the Military Attaché.

Cast

Bruno Cremer

Bruno Cremer

as Pierre Delbart

Mimsy Farmer

Mimsy Farmer

as Annie

Jacques Perrin

Jacques Perrin

as L'ambassadeur Berthier

Giuliano Gemma

Giuliano Gemma

as Adjudant-chef Federico

Laurent Malet

Laurent Malet

as Damrémont

Pierre Vaneck

Pierre Vaneck

as Colonel Grasser

Jean-Claude Bouillon

Jean-Claude Bouillon

as Maurois

Gérard Essomba

Gérard Essomba

as Bia Kombo

Robert Etcheverry

Robert Etcheverry

as Le colonel Dubourg

Pierre Rousseau

Pierre Rousseau

as Debruyn

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