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Release Date:
February 24, 1960
Original Title:
Normandie - Niémen
Alternate Titles:
Normadiya - Neman
Genres:
Drama | War
Production Companies:
Franco London Films
Les Films Alkam
Mosfilm
Production Countries:
France | Soviet Union
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 120
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...
Director:
Jean Dréville
Damir Vyatich-Berezhnykh
Director of Photography:
Jacques Natteau
Editor:
Borys Lewin
Music:
José Padilla
Rodion Shchedrin
Production Design:
Aleksei Parkhomenko
Alexandre Hinkis
Sound:
Boris Volsky
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