Lost Command (1966)

Directed by

Mark Robson

Genre

drama film, war film

Country

France, United States

Runtime

2h 09m

Rated

16

Rating

6.2 of 10 from 63 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

French paratroopers fight in the wars of French Indochina and then French Algeria. The story follows their experiences and personal struggles through these two conflicts.

intensegrittyseriouspatrioticbrutalpersonalconflict-drivenslow-burn

What happens

Lost Command (aka Les Centurions) is a 1966 American war film directed and produced by Mark Robson and starring Anthony Quinn, Alain Delon, George Segal, Michèle Morgan, Maurice Ronet and Claudia Cardinale. It is based on the best-selling 1960 novel The Centurions by Jean Lartéguy. The film focuses on the story of French paratroopers battling in French Indochina and French Algeria. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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