Diên Biên Phu (1992)
March 4, 1992Release Date
Diên Biên Phu (1992)
March 4, 1992Release Date
Plot.
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Donald Pleasence
Howard Simpson
Patrick Catalifo
Le capitaine Jégu de Kerveguen
Jean-François Balmer
L'homme de l'AFP
Ludmila Mikaël
Béatrice Vergnes
François Négret
Le caporal
Maxime Leroux
Le lieutenant d'artillerie
Eric Do
Raoul Billerey
Le père Bambourger
Thế Anh
Ong Cop, M. Tigre
Christopher Buchholz
Le capitaine
Patrick Chauvel
Lieutenant Duroc, DC3 Pilot
Pierre Schoendoerffer
Director
Jacques Kirsner
Producer
Jean-François Lepetit
Producer
Georges Delerue
Composer
Bernard Lutic
Cinematographer
Media.
Details.
Release DateMarch 4, 1992
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 5m
Content RatingPG-13
Budget$30,000,000
Genres
Wiki.
Diên Biên Phu (French for Điện Biên Phủ) is a French 1992 epic war film written and directed by French veteran Pierre Schoendoerffer. With its huge budget, all-star cast, and realistic war scenes produced with the cooperation of both the French and Vietnamese armed forces, Dîen Bîen Phu is regarded by many as one of the more important war movies produced in French filmmaking history. It portrays the 55-day siege of Dien Bien Phu (1954), the last battle by the French Union's colonial army in the First Indochina War during the final days of French Indochina, which was soon after divided into North and South Vietnam. This was a prelude to the Second Indochina War, known in the United States as the Vietnam War.
The film was nominated for "Best Music Written for a Film" ("Meilleure musique") at the 1993 French César Awards. The Điện Biên Phủ original soundtrack was composed and partially performed by pianist Georges Delerue, featuring Japanese vocalist Marie Kobayashi. In 1994, at a commemoration of the 40th anniversary of the siege at Dien Bien Phu, director Schoendoerffer published a behind-the-scenes book called "Diên Biên Phu - De la Bataille au Film" (Dien Bien Phu: From the Battle to the Movie). In 2004, during the 50th anniversary commemoration, Schoendoerffer published a full-length version of his movie in DVD format.