Normandie – Niémen (1960)

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Country: France, Soviet Union
Genres: Drama, War
Release: 1960-02-26
Director: Jean Dréville , Damir Vyatich-Berezhnykh
Writers: Konstantin Simonov , Charles Spaak , Elsa Triolet
Language: French | Russian
Stars: Pierre Trabaud , Roland Ménard , Giani Esposito , Gérard Darrieu , Georges Rivière , Jean-Claude Michel , André Oumansky , Vladimir Gusev , Nikolay Lebedev , Yuriy Medvedev
Runtime: 120 min
Awards: N/A
AKA: Normandie - Niémen (France, French Republic) , Normandie - Niémen , Normandie - Njemen , Normandie-Niémen (Romania) , Normandia-Niemen (Poland) , Aquile di Stalingrado (Italy) , ノルマンディ・ニーメン (Japan) , Normandia - Nyeman (Hungary) , Aguilas indomables (Mexico) , Águias Indomáveis (Brazil) , Нормандия - Неман , Titanes ton ouranon (Greece) , Normandiya - Neman (Russian Federation)
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...
IMDB:tt0141666