Operation Leopard (1980)

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Country: France
Genres: Adventure, Drama, War
Release: 1980-01-09
Director: Raoul Coutard
Writers: André G. Brunelin , Pierre Sergent
Language: French
Stars: Bruno Cremer (1929–2010) , Jacques Perrin , Laurent Malet , Pierre Vaneck , Mimsy Farmer , Giuliano Gemma , Jean-Claude Bouillon , Robert Etcheverry , Pierre Rousseau , Laure Moutoussamy
Runtime: 96 min
Awards: N/A
AKA: Military Coup in Kolwezi (United States of America) , La légion saute sur Kolwezi (France, French Republic) , Legia skacze na Kolwezi (Poland) , Operación Leopardo (Spain) , Commando d'assalto (Italy) , Operación Leopardo (Argentina) , Operação Leopardo (Brazil) , Het Vreemdelingenlegioen bespringt Kolwezi (Netherlands the) , Comandos: Operação Leopardo (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , Kolwezi: Epiheirisi 'Leopardali' (Greece) , Epiheirisi Leopardali (Greece) , Operation Leopard , Operation Leopard (United Kingdom) , Operation Leopard (United States of America) , La légion saute sur Kolwezi (Canada) , Operation Leopard (Singapore) , Operation Leopard (Norway) , Laskuvarjolegioona iskee (Finland) , La légion saute sur Kolwezi , Operation Leopard (Canada)
Plot: 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.
IMDB:tt0079497