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Fort du Fou (1963)

Fort du Fou poster
Directed by
Léo Joannon
Genre
war film
Country
France, Italy
Rating
6.8 of 10 from 4 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

French soldiers defend an isolated outpost during the First Indochina War. The film follows their struggle against enemy forces in a remote jungle fort.

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What happens

Fort du fou is a 1963 Italian/French international co-production war film set during the First Indochina War co-written and directed by Leo Joannon. American International Pictures released the film straight to American television in 1965 under the title Outpost in Indochina. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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