Operation Leopard (1980)
1h 36m
Running Time
January 9, 1980Release Date
Operation Leopard (1980)
1h 36m
Running Time
January 9, 1980Release Date
Network & Production Companies

Plot.
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.
Where to Watch.

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Cast & Crew.

Bruno Cremer
Pierre Delbart

Mimsy Farmer
Annie

Jacques Perrin
L'ambassadeur Berthier

Giuliano Gemma
Adjudant-chef Federico

Laurent Malet
Damrémont

Pierre Vaneck
Colonel Grasser

Jean-Claude Bouillon
Maurois

Gérard Essomba
Bia Kombo
Media.




Details.
Release DateJanuary 9, 1980
Original NameLa légion saute sur Kolwezi
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 36m
Genres
Last updated:
This Movie Is About.
congo
foreign legion
combat
parachutist
Wiki.
La légion saute sur Kolwezi, also known as Operation Leopard, is a French war film directed by Raoul Coutard and filmed in French Guiana. The script is based on the true story of the Battle of Kolwezi that happened in 1978. It was diligently described in a book of the same name by former 1st Foreign Parachute Regiment Captain Pierre Sergent. He published his book in 1979, and the film came out in 1980. Coutard shot the film in a documentary style.
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