Release Date
1960-02-24
Status
Released
Original Title
Normandie - Niémen
Runtime
2h 0m
Original Language
FR
Production Countries
France, Soviet Union
Production Companies
Franco London Films, Les Films Alkam, Mosfilm
Overview
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...
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