Operation Leopard (1980)

ALL 01/09/1980 (fr) War 96 Min
  • Release
    01/09/1980
  • Production
    SNC, Bela Productions, France 3 Cinéma
  • Rotten tomato
    52.35%
  • Original title
    La légion saute sur Kolwezi
  • Original language
    fr
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

Overview

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.

  1. Raoul Coutard

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Michel Lewin

    Editor



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Casts

  1. Bruno Cremer

    Pierre Delbart

  2. Mimsy Farmer

    Annie

  3. Jacques Perrin

    L'ambassadeur Berthier

  4. Giuliano Gemma

    Adjudant-chef Federico

  5. Laurent Malet

    Damrémont

  6. Pierre Vaneck

    Colonel Grasser

  7. Jean-Claude Bouillon

    Maurois

  8. Gérard Essomba

    Bia Kombo

  9. Robert Etcheverry

    Le colonel Dubourg

  10. Pierre Rousseau

    Debruyn

  11. Henri Marteau

    Chamfort

  12. Laure Moutoussamy

    Elodie

  13. Joseph Momo

    Niokolo

  14. Hervé Jolly

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 14 , Crews : 6

Keyword

Operation Leopard (1980) 96 Min

ALL 01/09/1980 (fr)
War
  • Release 01/09/1980
  • Production
    SNC, Bela Productions, France 3 Cinéma
  • Original title La légion saute sur Kolwezi
  • fr
  • Revenue0.00

Overview

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.

  1. Raoul Coutard

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Michel Lewin

    Editor

  4. Georges de Beauregard

    Producer