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* [[Manuel Zarzo]] as Le caporal Perrin
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* [[Boramy Tioulong]] as Le sergent supplétif Ba Kut
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==Production==
Schoendoerffer had been a POW in Vietnam following the French defeat at the Battle of Din Bien Phu.<ref>Pierre Schoendoerffer, French Filmmaker, Dies at 83
New York Times (Online), New York: New York Times Company. Mar 14, 2012. </ref>


The film was shot with a crew of six in the middle of a Cambodian forest during the rainy season. "I imposed a strict military regime on everyone," Schoendoerffer said. "A war film shouldn't be made in comfort."<ref>Obituary: Pierre Schoendoerffer: He was one of the few directors of war movies with first-hand experience of conflict
Bergan, Ronald. The Guardian 16 Mar 2012: 36. </ref>
==Reception==
==Reception==
===Critical===
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It was entered into the [[1965 Cannes Film Festival]] where it won the award for [[Best Screenplay Award (Cannes Film Festival)|Best Screenplay]].<ref name="festival-cannes.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/2883/year/1965.html |title=Festival de Cannes: The 317th Platoon |accessdate=1 March 2009|work=festival-cannes.com}}</ref> In 2018, military historian Sir [[Antony Beevor]] named ''The 317th Platoon'' as "the greatest war movie ever made", "followed closely by 1966's ''[[The Battle of Algiers]]''".<ref name="beevor">{{cite news |last=Beevor |first=Antony |author-link=Antony Beevor |date=29 May 2018 |title=Antony Beevor: the greatest war movie ever – and the ones I can't bear |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/may/29/antony-beevor-the-greatest-war-movie-ever-and-the-ones-i-cant-bear |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |accessdate=29 May 2018}}</ref>
It was entered into the [[1965 Cannes Film Festival]] where it won the award for [[Best Screenplay Award (Cannes Film Festival)|Best Screenplay]].<ref name="festival-cannes.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/2883/year/1965.html |title=Festival de Cannes: The 317th Platoon |accessdate=1 March 2009|work=festival-cannes.com}}</ref>
===Box Office===
It was the 21st most popular film at the French box office in 1965.<ref name="box">{{cite web|url=http://translate.google.com/translate?depth=1&hl=en&prev=search&rurl=translate.google.com.au&sl=fr&u=http://www.boxofficestory.com/box-office-jean-paul-belmondo-c22691425/26|title=1965 French Box Office|website=Box Office Story}}</ref>
==Legacy==
⚫
In 2018, military historian Sir [[Antony Beevor]] named ''The 317th Platoon'' as "the greatest war movie ever made", "followed closely by 1966's ''[[The Battle of Algiers]]''".<ref name="beevor">{{cite news |last=Beevor |first=Antony |author-link=Antony Beevor |date=29 May 2018 |title=Antony Beevor: the greatest war movie ever – and the ones I can't bear |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/may/29/antony-beevor-the-greatest-war-movie-ever-and-the-ones-i-cant-bear |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |accessdate=29 May 2018}}</ref>


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 21:27, 9 February 2020

The 317th Platoon
Directed byPierre Schoendoerffer
Written byPierre Schoendoerffer
Produced byGeorges de Beauregard
Benito Perojo
StarringJacques Perrin
CinematographyRaoul Coutard
Edited byArmand Psenny
Music byPierre Jansen
Gregorio García Segura
Release date
  • 31 March 1965 (1965-03-31)
Running time
100 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench
Box office1,653,827 admissions (France)[1]

The 317th Platoon (French: La 317ème section) is a 1965 French 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.

Cast

Production

Schoendoerffer had been a POW in Vietnam following the French defeat at the Battle of Din Bien Phu.[2]

The film was shot with a crew of six in the middle of a Cambodian forest during the rainy season. "I imposed a strict military regime on everyone," Schoendoerffer said. "A war film shouldn't be made in comfort."[3]

Reception

Critical

It was entered into the 1965 Cannes Film Festival where it won the award for Best Screenplay.[4]

Box Office

It was the 21st most popular film at the French box office in 1965.[1]

Legacy

In 2018, military historian Sir Antony Beevor named The 317th Platoon as "the greatest war movie ever made", "followed closely by 1966's The Battle of Algiers".[5]

References

  1. ^ a b "1965 French Box Office". Box Office Story.
  2. ^ Pierre Schoendoerffer, French Filmmaker, Dies at 83 New York Times (Online), New York: New York Times Company. Mar 14, 2012.
  3. ^ Obituary: Pierre Schoendoerffer: He was one of the few directors of war movies with first-hand experience of conflict Bergan, Ronald. The Guardian 16 Mar 2012: 36.
  4. ^ "Festival de Cannes: The 317th Platoon". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 1 March 2009.
  5. ^ Beevor, Antony (29 May 2018). "Antony Beevor: the greatest war movie ever – and the ones I can't bear". The Guardian. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
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