Normandy - Neman
Normandie - Niémen
Release: 1960-02-24
·Runtime: 120m
·★ 4.9
Drama
War
A certain number of French fighter pilots who will not accept the Second Armistice at Compiègne nor Vichy's orders decide to join the USSR. Once they have reached Moscow they resume training and form a squadron they call "Normandie". Reinforced in 1944, the squadron wins many victories. Following the acts of valor displayed by its pilots during the Battle of the Nieman River, it becomes the "Normandie-Niemen" squadron for the rest of times...
Production Countries
France
Soviet Union
Production Companies
Franco London Films
Les Films Alkam
Mosfilm
Cast
Georges Rivière
as Le lieutenant Benoît
Vitali Doronin
as Le général Komarov
Vladimir Seleznyov
as Appearing (uncredited)
Gérard Buhr
as Le capitaine de Liron
Pierre Trabaud
as Le lieutenant Chardon
Nikolai Rybnikov
as Le capitaine Tarasenko
Nicolas Bataille
as Le lieutenant Castor
Roland Chalosse
as Le docteur Georges Lebiedensky
Nikolai Lebedev
as Le colonel Sinitsyn
Natalya Krachkovskaya
as Devushka v forme
Giani Esposito
as Lemaître
Vladimir Gusev
as Le lieutenant Zykov
Yuri Medvedev
as Le sergent Ivanov
Marc Cassot
as Le commandant Marcellin
Jacques Bernard
as Périer
Valentin Gaft
as Mille
Nina Grebeshkova
Richard Winckler
as Lieutenant Simonet
Gennadiy Yukhtin
as Tekhnik
