Country
Russia
Date
Mar 09, 1960
Note
Moscow
2h 0min
Overall average
5.0/10
Plot
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...
Main cast
Full cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Georges Rivière | Le lieutenant Benoît |
| Marc Cassot | Le commandant Marcellin |
| Vitali Doronin | Le général Komarov |
| Nicolas Bataille | Le lieutenant Castor |
| Jacques Bernard | Périer |
| Roland Chalosse | Le docteur Georges Lebiedensky |
| Nikolai Lebedev | Le colonel Sinitsyn |
| Valentin Gaft | Mille |
| Nina Grebeshkova | |
| Natalya Krachkovskaya | Devushka v forme |
| Richard Winckler | Lieutenant Simonet |
| Vladimir Seleznyov | Appearing (uncredited) |
Genres
DramaWar
Technical details
| Dettaglio | Valore |
|---|---|
| Titolo originale | Normandie - Niémen |
| Lingua originale | Français (FR) |
| Lingue parlate | Pусский, Français |
| Paesi di produzione | France, Soviet Union |
| Stato | Released |
| Compagnie di produzione | Franco London Films, Les Films Alkam, Mosfilm |
| Data di uscita | 24 febbraio 1960 |
| Writer | Elsa Triolet, Konstantin Simonov, Charles Spaak |
| Editors | Borys Lewin |
| Cinematography | Jacques Natteau |
| Asst. Directors | Jean Dréville, Damir Vyatich-Berezhnykh |
| Camera Operators | Jacques Natteau |
| Add. Photography | Jacques Natteau |
| Production Design | Aleksei Parkhomenko, Alexandre Hinkis |
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| Art Direction | Aleksei Parkhomenko, Alexandre Hinkis |
| Set Decoration | Aleksei Parkhomenko, Alexandre Hinkis |
| Composer | José Padilla, Rodion Shchedrin, Boris Volsky |
| Sound | Boris Volsky, José Padilla, Rodion Shchedrin |
Release dates
Premiere
Theatrical release
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France
Date
Feb 24, 1960
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Date
Feb 24, 1961
Note
East Germany
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